Given name & surname
Cristi
Cristi is a feminine given name. It is used in English, Romanian, and Aromanian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Cristi is a diminutive of Cristina. In Spanish usage, Cristi is a diminutive of CRISTETA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cristi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,203
- 0 boys · 3,203 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 159 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,439 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,439 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 159 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,090 as a first name in 2020; 208 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.
Cristi’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Cristi is a diminutive of Cristina. In Aromanian usage, Cristi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Christian. In Spanish usage, Cristi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Chris.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cristi has relatives in 3 languages.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cristi
- Cristi PuiuRomanian film director and screenwriterborn 1967
- Cristi ConawayAmerican actressborn 1964
- Cristi Ilie PîrghieRomanian rowerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Cristi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Christy
“follower of Christ” · “one who bears Christ inside”
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Chrissy
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>99% girls
Kristy
“follower of Christ”
>99% girls
Misty
“covered with dew; of the mists”
>99% girls
Chasity
“having purity; a woman of innocence”
>99% girls
Marti
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war” · “lady”
18% boys · 82% girls
Charity
“a woman of generous love”
>99% girls
Keri
“having black hair”
>99% girls