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Crystal
Say it: KRIS-tul
Meaning
From the English word crystal, from Greek krystallos 'ice'. (In Scotland Chrystal was separately a medieval pet form of Christopher.)
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A gemstone name from the late 19th century, it peaked in the US in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 332,154 babies given this name since 1884
- At its height in 1982, about 1 in 89 girls
- 309 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Krystal, Cristal, Chrystal
Famous bearers
- Crystal Gayle, US country singer
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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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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.