Given name & surname
Kirsi
“follower of Christ”
Kirsi is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kirsi is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kirsi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 115
- 0 boys · 115 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 12 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 361 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.
Kirsi’s family of names
Kirsi has a related form in Kristina. In Finnish usage, Kirsi has a related form in KIRSTI. In Estonian usage, Kirsi has a related form in KRISTIINA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kirsi
- Kirsi KunnasFinnish author, poet and translator1924–2021
- Kirsi HeikkinenFinnish association football refereeborn 1978
- Kirsi HelenFinnish cross-country skierborn 1982
- Kirsi VälimaaFinnish cross country skierborn 1978
- Kirsi Hänninenice hockey and Finnish baseball playerborn 1976
- Kirsi BoströmFinnish orienteerborn 1968
- Kirsi PihaFinnish politicianborn 1967
- KikkaFinnish singer (1964–2005)
- Kirsi KainulainenFinnish motorcycle racerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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