Christine

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A female given name from Ancient Greek

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Christine 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.

rarermore common
  • ATAustria≈1 in 293(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 315
  • USUnited States1 in 689

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 Christine 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)

≈690,000 named Кристина, est.

#24 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
644 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 293 (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ChristineLatin(measured from records)
КристинаCyrillic(measured from records)
ΧριστιναGreek(measured from records)
קריסטינהHebrew(measured from records)
ՔրիստինաArmenian(measured from records)
คริสติน่าThai(measured from records)
ქრისტინეGeorgian(measured from records)
크리스티나Hangul(measured from records)

10 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cristina in ES Spain, PT Portugal, Krystyna in PL Poland, FR France, Кристина in RU Russia and Kristina in SE Sweden.

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 Latin Christina, feminine of Christianus, 'follower of Christ'.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

How Christine is read(measured from records)

Christine is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English69%

    A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • French11%

    From Latin Christina, feminine of Christianus, 'follower of Christ'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Du latin Christianus, « chrétienne »; fête le 24 juillet (sainte Christine).

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Du grec christianos, « chrétien »; fête le 24 juillet.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Origine grecque, signifie « messie ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Christine 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.

Where Christine is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#59≈690,000 est.≈1 in 204#42Кристина213
US United States#14482,5961 in 689482KChristine644
PL Poland#15383,140as Krystyna1 in 100383KKrystyna165
ES Spain#17226,072as Cristina1 in 221227KCristina278
FR France—≈220,000 est.≈1 in 315281KKrystyna119
SE Sweden#4161,876as Kristina1 in 63162KKristina144
HU Hungary—75,774as Krisztina1 in 12976Kכריסטינה3
PT Portugal#31≈50,000 est.≈1 in 208listedCristina186
AT Austria#12≈30,000 est.≈1 in 29314KChristine168

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); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Christine is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Brazil

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Christîne, Chrîstine, Christiné, Chris'Tine, Çhrîstìnê

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Christiné, Christíné

  • Indonesian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written 'Christine, Christine'

  • Russian given name62 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Poland, Czechia

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Czech

    Also written Кристине, Кристинэ, Kristine, Кристин, Крістіне

  • Hindi given name24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Philippines

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

    Also written Kristin, Christin, Cristin, Krisin, Kristín

91 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Christine is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • French form of Christina, not much used in Britain until the end of the r9th century. Until fairly recently it was principally associated with Scotland, but now it is very popular in all parts of the English-speaking world. Short form: Chris. Pet forms: Chrissie, Chrissy, Christie, Christy, }Kirstie.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

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)

16001700180019002000Christine of France, b. 1606Christine Lahti, b. 1950Chris Evert, b. 1954Barbara Prammer, b. 1954Christine Lagarde, b. 1956Daryl Hannah, b. 1960Lita, b. 1975Kaley Cuoco, b. 1985Christy Mack, b. 1991Mackenzie Foy, b. 2000
  • Christine of Franceb. 1606FRDuchess of Savoy (1606-1663)
  • Christine Lahtib. 1950USAmerican actress and director (born 1950)
  • Chris Evertb. 1954USnot in their usual nameAmerican former tennis player (born 1954)
  • Barbara Prammerb. 1954ATnot in their usual namepolitician from Austria (1954-2014)
  • Christine Lagardeb. 1956FRPresident of the European Central Bank
  • Daryl Hannahb. 1960USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and director (born 1960)
  • Litab. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler
  • Kaley Cuocob. 1985USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and producer (born 1985)
  • Christy Mackb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican nude model and pornographic actress
  • Mackenzie Foyb. 2000USnot in their usual nameAmerican 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 120 sources across 65 countries.

Official registers attesting Christine
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020482K#92
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024281K#1,946
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—13K#329
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20204.2K—
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)20243.7K#872
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.4K#2,242
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.4K#1,133
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020558#92
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—540#633
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026540#633
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025176—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#40,253

Reference works 5

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • 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

Where does the name Christine come from?
From Latin Christina, feminine of Christianus, 'follower of Christ'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
What are other forms of the name Christine?
In the etymology graph, Cristina, Christina and Tina are forms of the same name in other languages; Christy, Christie and Christelle are recorded short or pet forms.
In which country does Christine have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 695 thousand people named Кристина in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Is Christine a male or female name?
Christine 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 Christine mean?
In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
How common is the name Christine?
In the United States, the national register counted 482,596 people named Christine in 2020, about 1 in 689 residents.
How common is Christine compared with other names?
In Russia, Christine is the 59th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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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, “Christine” — the 59th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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