Christina (given name)

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.

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

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)
  • Christi (English)
  • Christiana (Latin)
  • 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 (Englishli
  • 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 Simplified and Traditional)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Chres (tripolitan)

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
  • Christina, from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
  • Christina Hawthorne, the main character from the TV series Hawthorne
  • Christina Berg (usually called Chris), in the Norwegian TV show Skam
  • Christina Gallagher, a character from the US TV series House of Cards
  • Christina Parsons (later Russell), the central character of the Flambards trilogy by K. M. Peyton and the TV series adapted from it
  • Christine Daé, in The Fantome of The Opera by G. LEROUX
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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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