Crystal

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Krystal in GR Greece.

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)

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Crystal is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Mexico, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Crystál, Crystâl, Crystāl, Čryštal, Çrÿştål

• Arabic given name14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written קריסטל, Krystal, Kristal, Chrystal, Cristal

• Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Crystāl

• English given name75 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, Spanish, Thai

  Also written Kristal, Krystle, Clean, คริสตัล, Krystal

65 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)

Crystal 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.

• r9th-century coinage. This is one of the group of names taken from or suggestive of gemstones. The word crystal, denoting high-quality cut glass, is derived from Greek krystallos ‘ice’. As a boy’s name, Crystal originated as a Scottish pet form of Christopher, but it is rarely used today. Variant: Krystle.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, ) Krystal; Krystle [knstl]: weibl.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Ghiaccio

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• English: 19th-century coinage. This is one of the group of names taken from or suggestive of gemstones. The word crystal , denoting high-quality cut glass, is derived from Greek krystallos ice. (As a male name, Crystal originated as a Scottish pet form of CHRISTOPHER , but it is hardly, if ever, used today.) Variant: Krystle .

  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)

• Crystal Gayleb. 1951USAmerican country music singer (born 1951)
• Crystal Bernardb. 1961USAmerican singer-songwriter and actress
• T'Keyah Crystal Keymáhb. 1962USAmerican actress, singer (born 1962)
• Crystal R. Foxb. 1964USAmerican actress and singer
• Crystal Loweb. 1981CACanadian actress
• Crystal Reedb. 1985USAmerican actress
• Crystal Kayb. 1986USJapanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host
• Liu Yifeib. 1987CNnot in their usual nameChinese-American actress and singer (born 1987)
• Crystal Dunnb. 1992USAmerican soccer player
• Crystal Clarkeb. 1993USAmerican 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)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Crystal a male or female name?

Crystal 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 Crystal mean, and where does it come from?

(i) from a Scottish pet form of Christopher; (ii) shortened anglicization of Jewish surnames beginning with German Kristall ‘crystal’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

What are other forms of the name Crystal?

In the etymology graph, Krystal, Chrystal and Cristal are forms of the same name in other languages.

How common is the name Crystal?

In the United States, the national register counted 274,101 people named Crystal in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.

How common is Crystal compared with other names?

In Singapore, Crystal is the 180th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Crystal?

A machine transcription gives /kɹɪstəl/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Crystal have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 770 thousand people named Crystal in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled crystal.

Where is Crystal most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Crystal is densest in the United States — about 1 in 1.2 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.