Given name & surname
Chrystal
“resembling clear, sparkling, brilliant glass”
In English use, Chrystal is a variant of Crystal. One Greek interpretation is “resembling clear, sparkling, brilliant glass.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Chrystal is a variant of Crystal. One Greek interpretation is “resembling clear, sparkling, brilliant glass.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Chrystal is a variant of Crystal. An origin associated with Crystal is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chrystal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,765
- 5 boys · 15,760 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 792 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,151 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,151 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 792 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,010 as a first name in 2020; 564 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.
Chrystal’s family of names
Chrystal has an alternative spelling in Crystal. In English usage, Chrystal has a related form in Crystal. Chrystal has a related form in Chrystalla.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Chrystal
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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