Given name & surname
Kristie
“follower of Christ”
In English use, Kristie is a diminutive of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Kristie is a diminutive of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
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
Kristie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38,405
- 44 boys · 38,361 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 2,039 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,465 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −59%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,465 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,039 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 33,436 as a first name in 2020; 180 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kristie’s family of names
In English usage, Kristie is a diminutive of Christina. Kristie has a related form in Kristina. Kristie has a related form in Kristy.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Christinafull form · English
- Kristinavariant · English
- Kristyvariant
- Christievariant · English
- Kristeelikely variant
- Kristtylikely variant
- Kristtielikely variant
- Krisstylikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kristie
- Kristie BoogertDutch tennis playerborn 1973
- Kristie MewisAmerican soccer playerborn 1991
- Kristie AhnUS female tennis playerborn 1992
- Kristie Lu StoutAmerican journalist and television news anchorborn 1974
- Kristie MooreCanadian female curlerborn 1979
- Kristie Macosko Kriegerfilm producerborn 1970
- Kristie KenneyAmerican diplomatborn 1955
- Kristie MaranoAmerican sport wrestlerborn 1979
- Kristie EbiAmerican epidemiologistborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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