Christiana
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Medieval learned feminine form of Christian
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˌkɹɪstiˈænə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Christiana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country, where it is the 52nd most common given name.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 596(inferred from the name graph)
- GHGhana≈1 in 2.6K
- DEGermany≈1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Christiana itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 373 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 596 (inferred from the name graph)
≈360,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Medieval learned feminine form of Christian. As a recent revival it represents an elaborated form of }Christina. It is also sometimes spelled Christianna, under the influence of the name Anna. Christie ?, 3 Pet form of Christine or, particularly in Scotland and Ireland, of Christopher. Variant: Christy.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Christiana counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #52 | ≈360,000 est. | ≈1 in 596 | — | Christiana | 109 |
| US United States | — | 11,997 | 1 in 28K | 12K | Christiana | 373 |
| GH Ghana | #61 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Christiana | 58 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 3,282 | 1 in 5.3K | 3.2K | Christiana | 31 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Christiana | 110 |
| CY Cyprus | #124 | 2,680as Χριστιανα | 1 in 473 | 2.7K | Christiana | 68 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 108 | Christiana | 47 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Christiana is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: medieval learned feminine form of CHRISTIAN . As a recent revival it represents an elaborated form of CHRISTINA . It is also sometimes spelled Christianna under the influence of the name ANNA .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgb. 1634DKDuchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg (1634-1701)
- Christiana Sophia Enrietta Bachb. 1723DEDaughter of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Christiana Benedicta Louisab. 1730DEDaughter of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Christiana Dorothea Bachb. 1731DEdaughter of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Elizabeth Cavendishb. 1758GBnot in their usual namesecond wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
- Lucy Duff-Gordonb. 1863GBnot in their usual nameBritish fashion designer (1863-1935)
- Christiana Morganb. 1897USAmerican psychoanalyst
- Christiana Figueresb. 1956CRCosta Rican diplomat engaged in UN
- Christiana Kalogiroub. 1964GRGreek politician
- Christiana Cinnb. 1989USAmerican pornographic actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 73 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12K | #2,194 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 3.2K | #580 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 988 | #2,092 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2023 | 108 | #1,838 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 58 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 25 | #2,194 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2023 | 1 | #2,206 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Christiana come from?
- Medieval learned feminine form of Christian. As a recent revival it represents an elaborated form of }Christina. It is also sometimes spelled Christianna, under the influence of the name Anna. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Christiana?
- In the etymology graph, Christine, Cristina and Christina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Christiana have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 359 thousand people named Christiana in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled christiana.
- How do you pronounce Christiana?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌkɹɪstiˈænə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Christiana a male or female name?
- Christiana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Christiana mean?
- Recorded meaning: Medieval learned feminine form of Christian.
- How common is the name Christiana?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,997 people named Christiana in 2020, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
- How common is Christiana compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Christiana is the 52nd most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christianaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Christiana” — the 52nd most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.