Given name
Kirsty
“follower of Christ”
Kirsty is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kirsty is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kirsty is a diminutive of Christine. Christine comes from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kirsty is a diminutive of Christine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kirsty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 945
- 0 boys · 945 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 99 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 99 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,425 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.
Kirsty’s family of names
In English usage, Kirsty is a diminutive of Christine. Kirsty has a related form in Kristina. Kirsty has a related form in Kirstie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kirsty
- Kirsty CoventryZimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports administratorborn 1983
- Kirsty MacCollBritish singer (1959–2000)
- Kirsty Gilmourbadminton playerborn 1993
- Kirsty HawkshawBritish singer and songwriterborn 1969
- Kirsty SmithScottish footballerborn 1994
- Kirsty YallopNew Zealand footballerborn 1986
- Kirsty BlackmanScottish politician (born 1986)
- Kirsty DillonBritish actressborn 1976
- Kirsty BalfourBritish swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championships silver medallistborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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