Given name & surname
Kristi
“follower of Christ”
In English use, Kristi is a diminutive of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Kristi is a diminutive of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Kristi is a diminutive of Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Kristi is a diminutive of Christina. In English usage, Kristi is a diminutive of Christie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kristi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76,622
- 138 boys · 76,484 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 3,279 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,699 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,699 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 47.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,271 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 69,585 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.
Kristi’s family of names
In English usage, Kristi is a diminutive of Christina. Kristi has a related form in Kristina. In English usage, Kristi is a diminutive of Kristina.
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Around the world
Kristi has relatives in 3 languages.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Christineequivalent
- Cristinaequivalent
- Christianaequivalent
- Kristineequivalent
- Krisequivalent
- Kristinequivalent
- Kristyequivalent
- Cristianaequivalent
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People named Kristi
- Kristi NoemAmerican politician (born 1971)
- Kristi YamaguchiAmerican figure skaterborn 1971
- Kristi CastlinAmerican hurdlerborn 1988
- Kristi HarrowerAustralian basketball player (born 1975)
- Kristi VangjeliAlbanian footballerborn 1985
- Kristi QoseAlbanian footballerborn 1995
- Kristi ToliverAmerican-Slovak basketball player and coachborn 1987
- Kristi StassinopoulouGreek singer, lyricist and fiction writerborn 1956
- Kristi MarkuAlbanian footballerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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“covered with dew; of the mists”
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Kiva
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>99% girls