Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kersti isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kersti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 0 boys · 62 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 18 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 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 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.
Kersti’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Kersti has a related form in Christina. In Estonian usage, Kersti has a related form in KRISTIINA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kersti
- Kersti KaljulaidEstonian politician and president of Estonia (born 1969)
- Kersti MerilaasEstonian writer (1913–1986)
- Kersti BergrothFinnish author and playwright (1886-1975)
- Kersti JuvaFinnish translatorborn 1948
- Kersti SarapuuEstonian politician (born 1954)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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