Given name & surname · Greek
Χριστίνα
“follower of Christ”
Χριστίνα (Christína) is a feminine given name from Koine Greek. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Christina.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Χριστίνα is Christina written in the Greek alphabet. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Χριστίνα’s family of names
In Greek usage, Χριστίνα has a diminutive in Χριστινάκι. In Greek usage, Χριστίνα has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christine. In Greek usage, Χριστίνα has a conventional equivalent in the English form Christina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Χριστίνα has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Χριστίνα
- Christina OnassisAmerican born Greek/Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress to the Onassis fortune (1950-1988)
- Christina Metaxasinger from Cyprusborn 1992
- Christina GiazitzidouGreek rowerborn 1989
- Christína PapadákiGreek tennis playerborn 1973
- Christina LekkaGreek modelborn 1972
- Christina TsoukalaGreek water polo playerborn 1991
- Christina ThalassinidouSoviet-Greek synchronized swimmerborn 1970
- Christina BourmpouGreek rowerborn 2000
- Christina ZachariadouGreek tennis playerborn 1974
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