Given name

Krystle

“resembling clear, sparkling, brilliant glass”

Krystle is a variant of Crystal. One Greek interpretation is “resembling clear, sparkling, brilliant glass.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Krystle is a variant of Crystal. One Greek interpretation is “resembling clear, sparkling, brilliant glass.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Krystle is a variant of Crystal. An origin associated with Crystal is Greek.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Krystle through the years

Babies since 1880
12,982
44 boys · 12,938 girls
Most popular year
1985
2,588 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05001,0001,500198020002025Highest share 19850.0
Krystle in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1969–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,579 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,089 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.

Krystle’s family of names

Krystle has a related form in Crystal. Krystle has a related form in Krystal.

Walk Krystle’s family in the name graph

KrystleKristleCrystleCrystalKrystalKrystlle

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Krystle

Characters named Krystle: Krystle Carrington (the American television series "Dynasty").

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Krystle, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Krista

“follower of Christ”

30RareCooling

>99% girls

 

Kristel

“follower of Christ”

27RareRising

>99% girls

 

Kristen

“follower of Christ”

40UncommonEasing

6% boys · 94% girls

English

Kristina

“follower of Christ”

41UncommonCooling

>99% girls

 

Ashlee

“ash” · “wood”

29RareCooling

>99% girls

 

Kassie

“an unheeded prophetess”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

Literary

Alyse

“noble” · “kind”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

English

Sable

“one who is sleek”

35RareRising fast

5% boys · 95% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Krystle’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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