Given name
Chrissa
“follower of Christ”
Chrissa is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Chrissa is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Chrissa is a variant of Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chrissa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 705
- 0 boys · 705 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 667 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chrissa’s family of names
Chrissa has a related form in Christina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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