Given name
Krystine
“follower of Christ”
Krystine is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Krystine 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 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Krystine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 928
- 0 boys · 928 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 70 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 12 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 70 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 934 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.
Krystine’s family of names
In English usage, Krystine has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christine. In English usage, Krystine has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christina. Krystine 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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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