Given name
Cristine
“follower of Christ”
Cristine is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cristine is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cristine 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cristine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,091
- 0 boys · 4,091 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 120 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −83%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 120 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,622 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.
Cristine’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Cristine has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christine. Cristine has a related form in Christina. In Danish usage, Cristine has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cristine
- Cristine RoseAmerican actressborn 1951
- Cristine ProsperiCanadian actress (born 1993)
- Cristine ReyesFilipino actressborn 1989
- Cristine RotenbergCanadian YouTube personalityborn 1988
- Cristine SantannaBrazilian-born Georgian beach volleyball playerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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