Given name & surname
Crissy
“follower of Christ”
Crissy is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Crissy is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Crissy 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 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Crissy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,592
- 0 boys · 2,592 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 274 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 274 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,478 as a first name in 2020; 173 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.
Crissy’s family of names
Crissy has a related form in Christina. In English usage, Crissy has a related form in Chrissie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Crissy
- Crissy Ahmann-LeightonAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holderborn 1970
- Crissy RockEnglish actress and comedianborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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