Given name & surname · also Middle English, Latin
Christina
“follower of Christ”
Christina is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Christina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 481,707
- 1,989 boys · 479,718 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 16,686 babies
- 2025
- 352
- #770 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 352 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 770 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 41.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16,600 in 1985. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (44). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 423,584 as a first name in 2020; 884 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Christina’s family of names
In English usage, Christina has a diminutive in Chris. In English usage, Christina shares an earlier linguistic root with Christine. In Dutch usage, Christina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Christian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Christina has relatives in 42 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
76 related names in 42 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 77
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Christianvariant · English
- Chrisdiminutive · English, German
- Christinevariant · German, Danish
- Cristinavariant · Italian, Spanish
- Kristinavariant · Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- Tinashort form · Norwegian, Danish
- Christianavariant · German
- Kristinevariant · Norwegian
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- Krisdiminutive · English
- Kristashort form · English
- Christydiminutive · English
- Kristinvariant · Swedish, English
- Kristydiminutive · English
- Carstenvariant
- Christenvariant
- Christashort form · German
- Cristyvariant
- Crisdiminutive · English
- Kristidiminutive · English
- Chrissydiminutive · English
- Christievariant · English
- Christiannavariant
- Kiadiminutive · English
- Kristiediminutive · English
- Christabelvariant
- Christanvariant
- Krissydiminutive · English
- Christynvariant
- Kerstivariant · Estonian
- Tiinashort form · Estonian
- Stinadiminutive · Norwegian
- Chrissiediminutive · English
- Christianevariant · German
- Chryssavariant
- Chrystievariant
- Chrystinevariant
- Chrystinavariant
- Cristynvariant
- Cristinevariant · Danish
- Cristinvariant
- Cristievariant
- Cristenvariant
- Crissievariant
- Crissyvariant
- Crissavariant
- Crissivariant
- Cristabelvariant
- Christabellavariant
- Christabellvariant
- Crystavariant
- Cristavariant
- Chrystavariant
- Chrissavariant
- Christeenavariant
- Christeenvariant
- Christanavariant
- Christenevariant
- Christenavariant
- Christivariant
- Christinvariant · Swedish
And 17 more.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 53
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Kirstendoublet · English
- GabiGerman
- KristianaLatvian
- CristianaItalian
- Kineequivalent
- Krystynacognate · Polish
- Hristinarelated form
- Kristianeequivalent
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- RistenNorthern Sami
- KrisztinaHungarian
- KistaGreenlandic
- KristiinaFinnish, Estonian
- CrystinaWelsh
- KrystianaPolish
- KristjanaIcelandic
- KrystineEnglish
- KrystinaEnglish
- ChristianneEnglish
- KristinnaDanish
- KirstineDanish
- KirstinaDanish
- ChristinnaDanish
- Χριστιάναequivalent
- Christienaequivalent
- Крысцінаequivalent
- Creesteeneyequivalent
- Kristínequivalent
- Kilikinaborrowing · Hawaiian
- KristýnaCzech
- Cristianeequivalent
- Cerstinequivalent
- Христи́наUkrainian, Russian
- CairistìonaScottish Gaelic
- Кристи́наRussian, Macedonian
- क्रिस्टीनाMarathi
- KristīneLatvian
- KristīnaLatvian
- 크리스티나Korean
- クリスティーナJapanese
- ΚριστίναGreek
- ქრისტინეGeorgian
- KristínaCzech, Slovak
- 克里斯蒂娜Mandarin
- Крысці́наBelarusian
- Kristiinnásmi
- KjerstinaNorwegian
- KarstineNorwegian
- KristjannaFaroese
- KrestinaDanish
- ChrestinaDanish
- KistiñeBasque
- Crístíonacognate
- Cairistinecognate
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Christina
- Christina AguileraAmerican singer, songwriter and actressborn 1980
- Christina RicciAmerican actress (born 1980)
- Christina ApplegateAmerican actress (born 1971)
- Christina RossettiEnglish poet (1830–1894)
- Christina KochAmerican astronaut (born 1979)
- Christina HendricksBritish-American actress (born 1975)
- Christina Grimmiesinger (1994 - 2016)
- Christina PerriAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1986
- Christina MilianAmerican actress and singer (born 1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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