Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Krisy isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Krisy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 0 boys · 81 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 16 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 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 146 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.
Krisy’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Krisy, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Kristy
“follower of Christ”
>99% girls
Kristin
“follower of Christ”
3% boys · 97% girls
Kristel
“follower of Christ”
>99% girls
Kristen
“follower of Christ”
6% boys · 94% girls
Krista
“follower of Christ”
>99% girls
Darci
“a dark beauty” · “having dark features”
>99% girls
Kiri
“resembling the amaranth flower” · “resembling the mountains”
4% boys · 96% girls
Kristine
“follower of Christ”
>99% girls