Given name
Stina
“follower of Christ”
Stina is a form of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Stina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.” Stina is a form of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Danish.
How it developed
Stina is used as a form of Christina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 117
- 0 boys · 117 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 10 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 339 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.
Stina’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Stina is a diminutive of Christina. In Swedish usage, Stina shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form STIINA. Stina has a related form in Stine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Stina has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Christinafull form · Norwegian
- Kristinafull form · Swedish
- Steanavariant
- Steenavariant
- Stynnevariant
- Stynevariant
- Stynnavariant
- Stynavariant
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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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Stina
- Stina NilssonSwedish cross-country skier and biathleteborn 1993
- Stina EkbladFinnish-Swedish actressborn 1954
- Stina NordenstamSwedish singerborn 1969
- Stina WirsénSwedish illustratorborn 1968
- Stina RautelinFinnish actress (1963–2023)
- Stina SegerströmSwedish footballerborn 1982
- Stina Lykke BorgDanish footballerborn 1986
- Stina TroestDanish hurdlerborn 1994
- Stina AronsonSwedish writer (1892-1956)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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