Christina
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Greek, 'Christian; follower of Christ'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɹɪstiːnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Christina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name.
- DKDenmark1 in 317(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 63as Kristina
- PLPoland1 in 100as Krystyna
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 Christina 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.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #24 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 644 (measured from records)
- 1 in 317 (inferred from the name graph)
≈690,000 named Кристина, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
9 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cristina in ES Spain, PT Portugal, Krystyna in PL Poland, FR France, Christine in US United States and Кристина in RU Russia.
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)
from Greek, 'Christian; follower of Christ'
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Christina 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #59 | ≈690,000 est. | ≈1 in 204 | #42 | Кристина | 213 |
| US United States | #14 | 482,596as Christine | 1 in 689 | 482K | Christine | 644 |
| PL Poland | #15 | 383,140as Krystyna | 1 in 100 | 383K | Krystyna | 165 |
| ES Spain | #17 | 226,072as Cristina | 1 in 221 | 227K | Cristina | 278 |
| FR France | — | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 315 | 281K | Krystyna | 119 |
| SE Sweden | #4 | 161,876as Kristina | 1 in 63 | 162K | Kristina | 144 |
| HU Hungary | — | 75,774as Krisztina | 1 in 129 | 76K | כריסטינה | 3 |
| PT Portugal | #31 | ≈50,000 est. | ≈1 in 208 | listed | Cristina | 186 |
| DK Denmark | #23 | 18,533 | 1 in 317 | 19K | Christina | 185 |
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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register. 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)
Christina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Simplified form of Latin Christiana, feminine of Christidnus (see }Christian), or a Latinized form of Middle English Christin ‘Christian’ (Old English christen, from Latin). 46
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: simplified form of Latin Christi na , feminine of Christi nus (see CHRISTIAN ), or a Latinized form of Middle English Christin ‘Christian’ (Old English christen , from Latin). Cognates: Scottish Gaelic: Cairistìona, Cairistìne. Irish Gaelic: Crístíona. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Cristina. Polish: Krystyna .
as a word
In Danish, a female given name, a Latinate and Swedish type variant of Christine
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian, a female given name, Latinate variant of Kristine
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Maria Christina of the Two Siciliesb. 1806ITQueen consort of Spain (1805-1878)
- Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnusonb. 1943SESwedish princess; elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- Christina Applegateb. 1971USAmerican actress (born 1971)
- Christina Hendricksb. 1975USBritish-American actress (born 1975)
- Christina Riccib. 1980USAmerican actress (born 1980)
- Christina Milianb. 1981USAmerican actress, songwriter and singer (born 1981)
- Aubrey Plazab. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, producer, comedian (born 1984)
- Keira Knightleyb. 1985GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
- Gemma Artertonb. 1986GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
- Christina HodsonGBBritish screenwriter
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 117 sources across 63 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 423K | #109 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 105K | #25 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 28K | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 19K | #28 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 7.8K | #1,592 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 746 | #3,513 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 670 | #1,788 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 606 | #605 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 606 | #605 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 494 | #109 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 352 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present) | 2000 | 191 | #45 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- What does the name Christina mean, and where does it come from?
- from Greek, 'Christian; follower of Christ' Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- What are other forms of the name Christina?
- In the etymology graph, Christine, Cristina and Tina are forms of the same name in other languages; Kristy and Kristia are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Christina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 695 thousand people named Кристина in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Christina most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Christina is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 317 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
- Is Christina a male or female name?
- Christina 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.
- How common is the name Christina?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 18,533 people named Christina, about 1 in 317 residents.
- How common is Christina compared with other names?
- In Russia, Christina is the 59th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Christina?
- A machine transcription gives /kɹɪstiːnə/ (IPA) for English.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christinaThe 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, “Christina” — the 59th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.