Given name & surname
Kristin
“follower of Christ”
In English use, Kristin has a related form in Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Kristin has a related form in Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Kristin has a related form in Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Kristin developed from the Latin form Christina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kristin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 180,951
- 1,638 boys · 179,313 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 9,801 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #4,706 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,706 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 43.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9,737 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 163,325 as a first name in 2020; 181 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.
Kristin’s family of names
In English usage, Kristin has a diminutive in Kris. In Norwegian usage, Kristin developed from the Latin form Christina. In Icelandic usage, Kristin has a conventional equivalent in the French form Christine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kristin has relatives in 9 languages.
17 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
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 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kristin
- Kristin Scott ThomasBritish-French actressborn 1960
- Kristin KreukCanadian actressborn 1982
- Kristin DavisAmerican actress (born 1965)
- Kristin ChenowethAmerican actress, singer, author (born 1968)
- Kristin OttoEast German swimmerborn 1966
- Kristin HannahAmerican writerborn 1960
- Kristin ArmstrongAmerican cyclistborn 1973
- Kristin CavallariAmerican actressborn 1987
- Kristin Bauer van StratenAmerican film and television actressborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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