Given name & surname
Crissi
“follower of Christ”
Crissi is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Crissi is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Crissi 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 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Crissi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 0 boys · 48 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 15 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 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 113 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.
Crissi’s family of names
Crissi has a related form in Christina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
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