Given name
Kirstie
“follower of Christ”
Kirstie is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kirstie is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Scottish use, Kirstie is used as an affectionate form of Kirstin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kirstie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,151
- 0 boys · 4,151 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 635 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 635 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,655 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.
Kirstie’s family of names
Kirstie is an affectionate form of Christine. Kirstie has a related form in Kristina. In English usage, Kirstie is a diminutive of Kristine.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Christinefull form
- Kristinavariant
- Kristinefull form · English
- Kirsteelikely variant
- Kirstyvariant · English
- Chirstyvariant
- Kirstinfull form
- Ciorstagvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kirstie
- Kirstie AlleyAmerican actress (1951–2022)
- Kirstie JamesNew Zealand cyclistborn 1989
- Kirstie MarshallAustralian skier and politicianborn 1969
- Kirstie AloraFilipina taekwondo practitionerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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