Given name & surname
Krysta
“follower of Christ”
Krysta is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Krysta is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
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
Krysta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,566
- 0 boys · 6,566 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 419 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 419 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,941 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.
Krysta’s family of names
Krysta has a related form in Kristina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Krysta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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