Cristal

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Cristal is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Also written Cŕiśtal

72 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.

Cristal 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.

• In English, Relating to a crest.

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

• In English, Portuguese beer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Que posee las propiedades del cristal

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Romanian, crystal (solid whose atoms are ordered)

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

• In Asturian, glass (substance)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Cristal Montañezb. 1960VESocial and Political Activist, Venezuelan Model
• Cristal Camdenb. 1981USAmerican model
• Cristal VillalbaARsystems biologist
• Alma Hernández-MondragónMXnot in their usual nameChemist and science-policy interface specialist
• Cristal BagatsingPHFilipino politician

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).

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.

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

What does the name Cristal 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 Cristal?

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

How do you pronounce Cristal?

In Spanish /kɾisˈtal/ (Wiktionary).

Is Cristal a male or female name?

Cristal is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Spain (INE).

In which country does Cristal have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Cristal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cristal.

Where is Cristal most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cristal is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 15 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Cristal?

In the United States, the national register counted 14,499 people named Cristal in 2020, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.