Given name & surname
Christine
“follower of Christ”
In Swedish use, Christine has a related form in Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Christine has a related form in Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Christine has a related form in Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Danish usage, Christine is a feminine form of Christian.
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
Christine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 588,495
- 2,030 boys · 586,465 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 17,577 babies
- 2025
- 176
- #1,274 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 176 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,274 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17,548 in 1952. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 482,596 as a first name in 2020; 1,416 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.
Christine’s family of names
In English usage, Christine has a diminutive in Chris. In English usage, Christine shares an earlier linguistic root with Christina. In French usage, Christine has a conventional equivalent in the Icelandic form Kristin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Christine has relatives in 28 languages.
49 related names in 28 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 32
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Chrisvariant · German, English
- Christinavariant · German, Danish
- Kristinavariant · Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish
- Christianavariant · German, French
- Kristinevariant · Norwegian, Danish
- Christdiminutive · gmw-ecg
- Christashort form
- Crisclipped form · English
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- Chrissydiminutive · English
- Christiediminutive · English
- Christellevariant · French
- Christynvariant · English
- Krissydiminutive · English
- Christiendiminutive · gmw-ecg
- Kirstinevariant · Danish
- Christeldiminutive · German
- Kirstydiminutive · English
- Chrissieclipped form · English
- Christianevariant · German, French
- Christinvariant · German, Swedish
- Kerstinvariant · German, Swedish
- Kirstiepet form
- Chirstypet form
- Christinnelikely variant
- Chrisstinelikely variant
- Kresdeshort form · German
- Cricridiminutive · French
- Tintindiminutive · ceb
- Titinediminutive · French
- Krestinevariant · Danish
- Stinediminutive · Danish
- Karstinevariant · German
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Christianmasculine form · Danish
- Cristinaalso known as · Italian, Spanish
- Kirstensee also · Norwegian, Icelandic
- Kristinalso known as · Slovene, Icelandic
- Kristyequivalent
- Kristiequivalent
- CristianaPortuguese, Romanian
- Kineequivalent
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- Christiequivalent
- KrystynaPolish
- Kirstinvernacular form
- Kristianeequivalent
- Krystianaequivalent
- Cristinequivalent
- Khrystynaequivalent
- KrisztinaHungarian
- KristiinaFinnish
- CrystinWelsh
- CristineSwedish, Norwegian
- KrystineEnglish
- Kristeensee also · English
- Кристинаequivalent
- Cairistìonaequivalent
- КристинRussian
- ХристинаRussian
- ΧριστίναGreek
- Kristínaequivalent
- Cerstinequivalent
- KristýnaCzech
- CristianePortuguese
- chrétiennedoublet · French
- KristīneLatvian
- KristínIcelandic
- ChrestineDanish
- KistiñeBasque
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Christine
- Christine LagardePresident of the European Central Bankborn 1956
- Christine de PizanFrench poet and author (1364 – c. 1430)
- Chris EvertAmerican former tennis player (born 1954)
- Christine BaranskiAmerican actress (born 1952)
- Christine NöstlingerAustrian children's and young adult's writer (1936-2018)
- Christine SinclairCanadian association football playerborn 1983
- Christina MilianAmerican actress and singer (born 1981)
- Christina of Denmarkduchess consort of Milan and duchess consort of Lorraine (1521-1590)
- Christine McVieBritish musician (1943–2022)
Characters named Christine: Christine Chapel (Star Trek character), Christine Daaé (Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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