Girl · Latin, through English
Christy
Say it: KRIS-tee
Meaning
A pet form of Christine or Christina, from Latin Christianus 'a Christian'; in Ireland also a boys' pet form of Christopher.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Most common for American girls in the 1960s to 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 100,307 babies given this name since 1886
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 282 girls
- 51 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kristy, Christie
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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