Kristina

given name · Latin script

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

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

/kɹɪˈstinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kristina 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
  • SESweden1 in 63(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 100as Krystyna
  • RURussia≈1 in 204as Кристина

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 Kristina 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 63 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

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)

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)

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

How Kristina is read(measured from records)

Kristina is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.

  • English61%

    A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina.

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

  • German5.9%

    ) Kristine: weibl. Vom., (vor­ wiegendskandinavische) Schreibvariante von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • Russian5.4%

    de christianus, disciple du Christ.

    as a nameRussian Names

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)

Kristina 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 Kristina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#59≈690,000 est.≈1 in 204#42Кристина213
US United States#14482,596as Christine1 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#4161,8761 in 63162KKristina144
HU Hungary—75,774as Krisztina1 in 12976Kכריסטינה3
PT Portugal#31≈50,000 est.≈1 in 208listedCristina186

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); 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)

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

  • Spanish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, France, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Kristīna, Kristína

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Kristīna, Krīstīnā, Kristína

  • Finnish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Estonia, Finland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Kristinä, Krïstinà, Kristína, Krïstïnã

  • Indonesian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Russia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Kristina, Kristina', Kristína

70 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)

Kristina is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, a female given name, variant of Christina; royal name in Sweden, popular since Middle Ages

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

  • In Basque, (Exclam. de asombro). (Forma atenuada de Kristo ) . Kristiña! Zeñek eta Odolkik zirikatu bear bera, Moxolo! Ag G 313.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

  • In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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)

190019502000Kristina Söderbaum, b. 1912Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, b. 1943Christina Applegate, b. 1971Christina Hendricks, b. 1975Christina Ricci, b. 1980Aubrey Plaza, b. 1984Keira Knightley, b. 1985Gemma Arterton, b. 1986Kristina Mladenovic, b. 1993

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)

InformalHi Kristina,

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 95 sources across 50 countries.

Official registers attesting Kristina
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—162K#12
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020124K#457
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202027K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6.3K#235
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20266.3K#235
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—2.3K#1,581
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.7K#966
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2022985#2,185
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020120#457
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025118—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)20256—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19965—

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 Kristina mean, and where does it come from?
A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Kristina a male or female name?
Kristina 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.
In which country does Kristina have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 695 thousand people named Кристина in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kristina most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kristina is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 63 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
How do you pronounce Kristina?
A machine transcription gives /kɹɪˈstinə/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Kristina?
In the etymology graph, Christine, Cristina and Christina are forms of the same name in other languages; Tina, Christy and Kristy are recorded short or pet forms.
How common is the name Kristina?
In Sweden, the national register counted 161,876 people named Kristina, about 1 in 63 residents.
How common is Kristina compared with other names?
In Russia, Kristina 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, “Kristina” — the 59th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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