Girl · Latin, from Greek
Christina
Say it: kris-TEE-nuh
Meaning
Latin christiana, 'Christian, follower of Christ'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used from late antiquity; very popular across Europe and the Americas in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 479,588 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1978, about 1 in 94 girls
- 466 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianLatinEnglishFrenchSpanishItalianGermanPolishSwedishGreekAmerican
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kristina, Christine
| French | Christine |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Cristina |
| Italian | Cristina |
| Portuguese | Cristina |
| German | Christina |
| Polish | Krystyna |
| Swedish | Kristina |
| Hungarian | Krisztina |
Famous bearers
- Christina of Bolsena, early martyr
- Christina, 17th-century queen of Sweden
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.