Christina (given name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | /krɪˈstiːnə/ kri-STEEN-ə |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Ancient Greek, used to translate Hebrew |
Meaning | Anointed, Follower of Christ, Guard/Guardian |
Other names | |
Related names | Krisstina, Cristina, Kristina, Kristine, Christine, Christian, Chris, Christopher, Kristyna Krista, Christa, Crista |
Christina is a feminine given name. It is a simplified form of Latin Christiana, and feminine form of Christianus (see Christian), or a Latinized form of Middle English Christin 'Christian' (Old English christen, from Latin).[1] SHORT FORMS: Chris, Tina.
Variant forms
Alternate forms of the name, including spelling variations, nicknames and diminutive forms, include:
- Kristinë, Kristina (Albanian)
- Cairistìona (Scottish Gaelic)
- Chris (English)
- Chrystina (English)
- Chrissie (English)
- Chrissy (English)
- Christa (Danish), (English), (German)
- Christabel (English)
- Christabella (English), (Italian)
- Christabelle (French), (English)
- Christel (German)
- Christelle (French)
- Christi (English)
- Christiana (Latin)
- Christina (German), (English), (Greek)
- Christiane (French), (German)
- Christianne (French), (German)
- Christie (English)
- Christin (German), (Scandinavian)
- Christine (English), (French), (German), (Scandinavian))
- Christobel (English)
- Christy (English)
- Chrys (English)
- Crestienne (French)
- Crista (Spanish)
- Cristeena (Manx)
- Cristen (English)
- Cristin (Irish)
- Cristiana (Italian), (Spanish)
- Cristina (Catalan), (Italian), (Portuguese), (Romanian), (Spanish), (Galician)
- Cristiona, Crístíona (Irish)
- Cristy (Spanish)
- Crusty (English)
- Crystin (Welsh)
- Hristina (Bulgarian) and (Greek)
- Kerstin (German), (Swedish)
- Khristina (Russian)
- Khristya (Russian)
- Khrysta (Russian)
- Khrustina (Bulgarian)
- Kia (Swedish)
- Kiersten (Danish), (English)
- Kilikina (Hawaiian)
- Kirsi (Finnish)
- Kirsteen (Scots)
- Kirsten (Scandinavian)
- Kirsti (Finnish)
- Kirstie (Scots)
- Kirstin (Estonian, Scots)
- Kirsty (Scots)
- Kistiñe (Basque)
- Kjersti (Norwegian)
- Kjerstin (Norwegian), (Swedish)
- Kolina (Swedish)
- Kris (Danish), (English)
- Kriska (Hungarian)
- Krista (Czech), (English), Estonian, (German), (Latvian)
- Kristen (English)
- Kristi (English, Estonian)
- Kristia (English)
- Kristiana (Latvian)
- Kristiane (German)
- Kristie (English)
- Kristiina (Estonian), (Finnish)
- Kristin (Estonian, German), (Scandinavian)
- Kristína (Slovakian)
- ქრისტინე (Kristine) (Georgian)
- Kristina (Croatian), (Czech), (German), (Indonesia), (Lithuanian), (Russian), (Serbian), (Slovene), (Swedish)
- Kristine (Danish), (German), (Latvian), (Norwegian)
- Kristinka (Czech)
- Kristjana (Icelandic)
- Kristy (English)
- Kristýna (Czech)
- Kriszta (Hungarian)
- Kriszti (Hungarian)
- Krisztina (Hungarian)
- Krysia (Polish)
- Krysta (Polish)
- Krystka (Polish)
- Krysten (English)
- Krystiana (Polish)
- Krystina (English)
- Krystyn (Polish)
- Krystyna (Polish)
- Krystynka (Polish)
- Kurisu, Kurisutīna (クリスティーナ) (Japanese)
- Kèlǐsīdìnà (克里斯蒂娜) (Chinese Simplified and Traditional)
- Keuriseutina (크리스티나) (Korean)
- Kyrsten (English)
- Nina
- 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)
- Kiṟisṭiṉā (கிறிஸ்டினா) (Tamil)
- Krisṭinā (క్రిస్టినా) (Telugu)
- Qrystynʼa (קריסטינאַ) (Yiddish)
- Kh ri s̄ti nā (คริสตินา) (Thai)
- Karisaṭīnā (ਕਰਿਸਟੀਨਾ) (Punjabi)
- Krisṭīnā (ક્રિસ્ટીના) (Gujarati)
- Кристина (Kristina) (Mongolian)
- کریستینا (Persian)
- کرسٹینا (Urdu)
- Krisṭīnā (क्रिस्टीना) (Marathi), (Nepali), (Hindi)
- Krisṭinā (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಿನಾ) (Kannada)
- Risten (Northern Sami)
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
- Christina Gyllenstierna (1494–1559), Swedish national heroine
- Maria Kristina Kiellström (1744–1789), Swedish silk manufacturer
- Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet
- Royalty
- Christina (1432–1492), Queen of Sweden 1470
- Christina (1626–1689), Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654
- Christina, Dutch princess
- Christina, Swedish princess
- Maria Christina of Austria
- Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen
- Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (disambiguation), several people with the name
- Princess Alexandra Christina, Countess of Frederiksborg
- Christina of Milan
- Politicians
- Cristina Kirchner (born 1953), President of Argentina (2007- )
- Entertainers
- Christina Aguilar (born 1966), (Filipino/French/Spanish) Thai pop singer
- Christina Aguilera (born 1980), American pop singer
- Christina Applegate (born 1971), American actress
- Christina Christian (born 1981), American singer
- Christina Cole (born 1982), English actress
- Christina Grimmie (1994-2016), American singer
- Christina Hendricks (born 1975), American actress
- Christina Kalogerikou, Greek actress
- Christina Milian (born 1981), American pop singer
- Christina Moore (born 1973), American actress
- Christina Ricci (born 1980), American actress
- Christina Pickles (born 1935), English/American actress
- Christina Schollin (born 1937), Swedish actress
- Christina Perri (born 1986), American singer
- Sportspeople
- Christina Boxer (born 1957), English middle distance runner
- Christina Crawford (wrestler) (born 1988), American dancer, professional wrestler, and former WWE Diva
- Hristina Kokotou, Greek race walker
- Christina Sandberg, (Born 1948), Swedish professional tennis player
- Christina Wheeler (born 1982), Australian professional tennis player
- Christina Yannetsos (born 1983), American judoka
- Christina Von Eerie (born Christina Kardooni in 1989), American professional wrestler
- Other
- Christina Lekka, Greek fashion model
- Christina Dodwell (born 1951), explorer and travel writer
- Christina Katrakis (born 1980), American artist
- Christina, a character from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
- Christina Hawthorne, the main character from Hawthorne (TV series)
References
- ^ 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.