Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"overly-zealous Christian," 1910, originally sailors' slang, from Christ + -er (1).
Wikipedia
Christer or Krister are varieties of Kristian male name, derived from the Latin name Christianus, which in turn comes from the Greek word khristianós, which means "follower of Christ".
The name, written in its two variants Christer and Krister, is quite common in the Nordic countries.
Also Christer may refer to:
- Catherine Christer Hennix (born 1948), Swedish-American composer, philosopher, scientist and visual artist associated with drone minimal music
- Christer Abris (formerly Abrahamsson, born 1947), Swedish former ice hockey goaltender
- Christer Adelsbo, born 1962, is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002
- Christer Basma (born 1972), Norwegian football coach and defender
- Christer Björkman (born 1957), Swedish singer
- Christer Boucht (1911–2009), Finnish-Swedish lawyer, adventure traveller and writer
- Christer Boustedt (1939–1986), Swedish musician and actor
- Christer Dahl (born 1940), Swedish director, script writer and producer
- Christer Ellefsen (born 1978), Norwegian football defender
- Christer Engelhardt, born 1969, is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002
- Christer Flodin (born 1948), Swedish television actor, best known for his appearances in crime drama series
- Christer Fuglesang (born 1957), Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut
- Christer Fursth (born 1970), Swedish football midfielder
- Christer Gardell (born 1960), Swedish venture capitalist
- Christer George (born 1979), Norwegian football player
- Christer Holloman, the Chairman of First Tuesday UK and professional business speaker
- Christer Johansson (poker player), Swedish professional sports better and poker player based in Malmö
- Christer Johansson (skier), Swedish former cross country skier who competed in the 1970s
- Christer Kellgren (born 1958), retired Swedish professional ice hockey player
- Christer Kleiven (born 1988), Norwegian midfielder who currently plays for Start
- Christer Löfqvist (1944–1978), former international speedway rider
- Christer Lindarw (born 1953), Swedish clothes designer, drag queen artist, leader of dragshow group After Dark
- Christer Magnusson (born 1958), Swedish former handball player
- Christer Majbäck (born 1964), Swedish former cross country skier
- Christer Nylander (born 1968), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician, member of the Riksdag since 2002
- Christer Olsson (born 1970), retired professional hockey player
- Christer Pettersson (1947–2004), Swedish criminal, suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden
- Christer Sjögren (born 1950), Swedish dansband and rock singer
- Christer Sturmark (born 1964), Swedish author, IT-entrepreneur and prominent debater on religion and humanism in Swedish media
- Christer Wallin (born 1969), former freestyle swimmer from Sweden
- Christer Warren (born 1974), former football player
- Christer Winbäck (born 1953), Swedish Liberal People's Party politician, member of the Riksdag since 2002
- Christer Youssef (born 1987), Swedish professional footballer Attacking midfielder
- Christer Zetterberg (born 1941), Swedish businessman, Chairman of investment bank Carnegie
- Lars-Christer Olsson, former UEFA Chief Executive from 2003
- Tom-Christer Nilsen (born 1969), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and current deputy county mayor of Hordaland
Usage examples of "christer".
The only thing I found that rattled the mom was a Christer Bible tucked into the back of the bottom drawer of the nightstand.
And I had her data from the Christer medical files loaded into my sidekick.
The Christer set continually tries to nail us for playing footsie with our tame rascals.
Righteous Christer would take the little lad up on his shoulder and show him the broken spear above the tomb, the crest of the Purefoys, and tell him its story.
Righteous Christer and his wife did not help George more at this time remains a puzzle.
Tommys in hunter camo and chaste Christers, twists in chains and spray-on, clumps of sisters wearing the uniforms of a group marriage, a couple of furries and one girl wearing a body suit that looked just like bot skin.
I had the air taser out of the drawer, but my plan had been for the Christers to clean up their own mess.
Norton could never understand how men with advanced scientific and technical training could possibly believe some of the things he had heard Christers state as incontrovertible facts.
Bereft of those punitive and vindictive qualities we Christers have come to respect and love.
Hollywood, gullible Christers, and New Age loopy-doodles had combined to give them a trite, fairy-godfather image.
Harmonic Christers sect elected to leave their home planet, they chose this spaceship to carry them from Eleison to whatever world they might find and deem to be suitable.
From all the backgrounders, the comm freqs, everything I can pick up, the Newparran Christers control the ships, or most of them, and most of the government.
The Christers saw it coming and managed to smuggle in some high tech equipment before the Empire quarantined the system, and Christers from all over the Galaxy are dying to get help to their brethren here.