Given name
Kirsti
Kirsti is a feminine given name, possibly from Danish. It is used in Finnish and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Kirsti is an affectionate form of KRISTIINA. In Finnish usage, Kirsti developed from Kirsten.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kirsti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,010
- 0 boys · 1,010 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 106 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 7 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 106 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,101 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.
Kirsti’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kirsti is an affectionate form of KRISTIINA. In Finnish usage, Kirsti developed from the Danish form Kirsten. In Finnish usage, Kirsti has a related form in Kirsi.
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 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.
People named Kirsti
- Kirsti SparboeNorwegian singer and actress (1946–2026)
- Kirsti LayCanadian cyclist and speed skaterborn 1988
- Kirsti PalttoSami writer from Finlandborn 1947
- Kirsti BergstøNorwegian politicianborn 1981
- Kiba LumbergFinnish Roma artist and writer (born 1956)
- Kirsti Andersenhistorianborn 1941
- Kirsti Kolle GrøndahlNorwegian politicianborn 1943
- Kirsti PaakkanenFinnish business executive1929–2021
- Kirsti SuonioFinnish actor1872–1939
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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