Given name
Chrissie
“follower of Christ”·“one who is friendly”
In English use, Chrissie is a diminutive of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.” In English use, Chrissie is a variant of Krissy. One American interpretation is “one who is friendly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Chrissie is a diminutive of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.” In English use, Chrissie is a variant of Krissy. One American interpretation is “one who is friendly.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Chrissie is a diminutive of Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions. In English use, Chrissie is a variant of Krissy. An origin associated with Krissy is American.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Chrissie is a diminutive of Christine. In English usage, Chrissie is a diminutive of Christina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chrissie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,105
- 0 boys · 1,105 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 75 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 75 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,171 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.
Chrissie’s family of names
In English usage, Chrissie is a diminutive of Christine. Chrissie has a related form in Christina. Chrissie is an affectionate form of Christine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Christinafull form · English
- Christinefull form · English
- Chrissyvariant · English
- Krissyvariant · English
- Krissievariant · English
- Crissyvariant · English
- Crissievariant · English
- Chrisseelikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chrissie
- Chrissie HyndeAmerican rock musician, founder of The Pretendersborn 1951
- Chrissie ChauHong Kong actress and model (born 1985)
- Chrissie WhiteBritish actress (1895-1989)
- Chrissie FitAmerican actressborn 1984
- Chrissie Wellingtontriathleteborn 1977
- Chrissie ShrimptonBritish model and early girlfriend of Mick Jaggerborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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