Kersti

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

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.

How Kersti is read●(measured from records)

Kersti is one spelling over 4 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.

• Estonian34%

  a female given name, variant of Kristiina (“Christina”)

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

• English31%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Kersti in English.

• Finnish8.3%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Kersti in Finnish.

• Swedish7.0%

  Kersti är en dialektal form av → Kerstin (→ Christina). Namnformen har använts muntligt betydligt längre än vad som finns registrerat i kyrkböckerna.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Kersti is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., verkürzte Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Latvian, Cilvēka vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.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)

• Kersti Bergrothb. 1886FIFinnish author and playwright (1886-1975)
• Kersti Larssonb. 1896SE(1896-1975)
• Kersti Merilaasb. 1913EEEstonian writer (1913–1986)
• Kersti Johanssonb. 1926SESwedish politician
• Kersti Kreismannb. 1947EEEstonian actress (born 1947)
• Kersti Juvab. 1948FIFinnish translator
• Kersti Rattusb. 1952EEEstonian painter (born 1952)
• Kersti Vitalib. 1953SECostume designer
• Kersti Sarapuub. 1954EEEstonian politician (born 1954)
• Kersti Kaljulaidb. 1969EEEstonian politician and president of Estonia (born 1969)

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kersti mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name, variant of Kristiina (“Christina”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Kersti?

In the etymology graph, Christine, Chris and Cristina are forms of the same name in other languages.

Is Kersti a male or female name?

Kersti 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 Kersti have the most bearers?

In Sweden, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Kersti, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Kersti most common?

Kersti is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.2 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Kersti?

In Sweden, the national register counted 1,633 people named Kersti, about 1 in 6.2 thousand residents.