Given name & surname
Krystyna
“follower of Christ”
Krystyna is a form of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Krystyna is a form of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Krystyna is a form of Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Krystyna is used as a form of Christina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Krystyna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,654
- 0 boys · 1,654 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 91 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 7 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 91 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,654 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.
Krystyna’s family of names
In Polish usage, Krystyna has a diminutive in Krysia. Krystyna shares a linguistic root with Christina. In Polish usage, Krystyna has a conventional equivalent in Christine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Krystyna has relatives in 21 languages.
32 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ChrisEnglish
- Christinacognate · English, German
- ChristineFrench, Swedish
- CristinaItalian, Swedish
- Christianaequivalent
- KristineLatvian
- KristinSwedish
- Kristyequivalent
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- Kristiequivalent
- ChristieEnglish
- Cristianaequivalent
- Kineequivalent
- Kristianeequivalent
- Krystianaequivalent
- Cristinequivalent
- Kristiinaequivalent
- Christianeequivalent
- Khrystynaequivalent
- Krystynhas masculine form
- KrisztinaHungarian
- KjerstinSwedish
- KerstinSwedish
- ChristinSwedish
- KistaGreenlandic
- ΧριστίναGreek
- KristýnaCzech
- Cristianeequivalent
- Kristínaequivalent
- Cerstinequivalent
- Kristínequivalent
- ХристинаUkrainian, Russian
- КристинаRussian, Macedonian
- KristīnaLatvian
- KristīneLatvian
- KiistiinaGreenlandic
- KiistatGreenlandic
- KiistaGreenlandic
- ХрыстынаBelarusian
- ХрысцінаBelarusian
- КрыстынаBelarusian
- КрысцінаBelarusian
People named Krystyna
- Krystyna JandaPolish actressborn 1952
- Krystyna SkarbekPolish spy (1908–1952)
- Krystyna PyszkováCzech beauty pageant titleholder, Miss World (2024)born 1999
- Krystyna FeldmanPolish actress (1916–2007)
- Krystyna GuzikPolish biathleteborn 1983
- Krystyna BochenekPolish journalist and politician (1953–2010)
- Krystyna KuperbergPolish-American mathematicianborn 1944
- Krystyna Chojnowska-LiskiewiczPolish yacht racer1936–2021
- Krystyna CzajkowskaPolish volleyball playerborn 1936
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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