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CRIST, JHESU CRIST. The name Crist is mentioned 180 times throughout Chaucer's work. The name Jhesu Crist occurs 100 times, together making them the names mentioned with the greatest frequency of all proper names except God. The variant Xhristus appears initially, ABC 161.

Both forms are French variants.

From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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