Given name
Kirstin
“follower of Christ”
Kirstin is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kirstin 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, Kirstin is used as a form of Christine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kirstin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,778
- 0 boys · 8,778 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 413 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −70%
- Cooling
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 413 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,232 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.
Kirstin’s family of names
Kirstin has an affectionate form in Kirstie. Kirstin is a vernacular form of Christine. Kirstin has a related form in Kristina.
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 Kirstin
- Kirstin MaldonadoAmerican singerborn 1992
- Kirstin Jean LewisSouth African archerborn 1975
- Kirstin DwyerAustralian field hockey player (1989-)
- Kirstin FreyeGerman female tennis playerborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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