Christina (given name)

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Christina
Pronunciation/krɪˈstiːnə/ kri-STEEN-ə
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameAncient Greek, used to translate Hebrew
Meaningfollower of Christ
Other names
Related namesKrisstina, Cristina, Kristina, Kristine, Christine, Christian, Chris, Christopher, Kristyna, Kristen, Krista, Christa, Crista, Christabelle

Christina or Cristina is a feminine given name. It is a simplified form of the Latin Christiana, and a feminine form of Christianus or a Latinized form of the Middle English Christin 'Christian' (Old English christen, from Latin).[1] Short forms include Chris and Tina.

Variant forms[]

Alternative forms of the name, including spelling variations, nicknames and diminutive forms, include:

  • Cairistìona (Scottish Gaelic)
  • Chris (English)
  • Chrissie (English)
  • Chrissy (English)
  • Christa (Danish, English, German)
  • Christabel (English)
  • Christabella (English)
  • Christabelle (French, English)
  • Christel (German)
  • Christelle (French)
  • Christena
  • Christi (English)
  • Christiana (Latin, Spanish)
  • Christiane (French, German)
  • Christianne (French, German)
  • Christie (English)
  • Christin (German, Scandinavian)
  • Christina (German, English, Greek, Swedish)
  • Christine (English, French, German, Scandinavian)
  • Christobel (English)
  • Christy (English)
  • Chrys (English)
  • Chrystina (English)
  • Crestienne (French)
  • Cris (Spanish)
  • Crista (Spanish)
  • Cristeena (Manx)
  • Cristen (English)
  • Cristiana (Italian, Spanish)
  • Cristin (Irish)
  • Cristina (Catalan, Italian, English, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician)
  • Cristiona, Crístíona (Irish)
  • Cristi (Spanish)
  • Cristy (Spanish, English)
  • Crystin (Welsh)
  • Hristina (Bulgarian, Greek)
  • Karisaṭīnā (ਕਰਿਸਟੀਨਾ) (Punjabi)
  • Kèlǐsīdìnà (克里斯蒂娜) (Chinese)
  • Kerstin (German, Swedish)
  • Keuriseutina (크리스티나) (Korean)
  • Khristina (Russian)
  • Khris̄tinā (คริสตินา) (Thai)
  • Khristya (Russian)
  • Khrysta (Russian)
  • Khrustina (Bulgarian)
  • Kia (Swedish)
  • Kiersten (Danish, English)
  • Kilikina (Hawaiian)
  • Kiṟisṭiṉā (கிறிஸ்டினா) (Tamil)
  • Kirsi (Finnish)
  • Kirsteen (Scots)
  • Kirsten (Scandinavian)
  • Kirsti (Finnish)
  • Kirstie (Scots)
  • Kirstin (Estonian, Scots)
  • Kirsty (Scots)
  • Kistiñe (Basque)
  • Kjersti (Norwegian)
  • Kjerstin (Norwegian, Swedish)
  • Kolina (Swedish)
  • Кристина (Kristina) (Macedonian, Serbian)
  • Kris (Danish, English)
  • Krisztina (Hungarian)
  • Krista (Czech, English, Estonian, German, Latvian)
  • Kristen (English)
  • Kristi (English, Estonian)
  • Kristia (English)
  • Kristiana (Latvian)
  • Kristiane (German)
  • Kristie (English)
  • Kristiina (Estonian, Finnish)
  • Kristin (English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Scandinavian)
  • Kristína (Slovakian, Albanian)
  • Kristina (Croatian, Czech, English, German, Indonesia, Lithuanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish)
  • Krisṭīnā (ક્રિસ્ટીના) (Gujarati)
  • Krisṭinā (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಿನಾ) (Kannada)
  • Krisṭīnā (क्रिस्टीना) (Marathi, Nepali, Hindi)
  • Krisṭinā (క్రిస్టినా) (Telugu)
  • ქრისტინე (Kristine) (Georgian)
  • Kristine (Danish, English, German, Latvian, Norwegian)
  • Kristinë (Albanian)
  • Kristinka (Czech)
  • Kristjana (Icelandic)
  • Kristy (English)
  • Kristýna (Czech)
  • Kriszta (Hungarian)
  • Kriszti (Hungarian)
  • Krisztina (Hungarian)
  • Krysia (Polish language|Polish)
  • Krysta (Polish)
  • Krysten (English)
  • Krystiana (Polish)
  • Krystina (English)
  • Krystka (Polish)
  • Krystyn (Polish)
  • Krystyna (Polish)
  • Krystynka (Polish)
  • Kurisu, Kurisutīna (クリスティーナ) (Japanese)
  • Kyrsten (English)
  • Nina
  • Qrystynʼa (קריסטינאַ) (Yiddish)
  • Risten (Northern Sami)
  • Stiina (Estonian, Finnish)
  • Stina (German, Scandinavian)
  • Stine (Danish, Norwegian)
  • Stinne (Danish)
  • Teeny (Scottish)
  • Tiina (Estonian, Finnish)
  • Tina (Dutch, English, Greek, Italian, Russian, Slovene)
  • Tine (Danish, Norwegian)
  • Tineke (Dutch)
  • Tyna (Czech)
  • Христина (Khrystyna) (Ukrainian)
  • Χριστίνα (Hristina or Christina) (Greek)
  • کریستینا (Persian)
  • کرسٹینا (Urdu)

People[]

Religious figures
  • Saint Christina (disambiguation), several people with the name
  • Christina the Astonishing (1150–1224), also known as 'Christina Mirabilis', a Christian holy-woman of Belgium, and Haines
Historical figures
Royalty
Politicians
Entertainers
Sportspeople
Other

Fictional characters[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 55, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
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