Krist
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Krist is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Antigua & Barbuda it is the 24th most common given name. Recorded meaning: from a short form of the personal name Kristen or one of its variants.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- ITItaly≈1 in 19K
- USUnited States1 in 596K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 213 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Antigua & Barbuda, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a short form of the personal name Kristen or one of its variants. North German form of Christian.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Krist 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.5K | — | Krist | 7 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 15K | listed | Krist | 34 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Krist | 7 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Krist | 3 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Krist | 5 |
| SK Slovakia | — | ≈960 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | 130 | — | — |
| IE Ireland | #424 | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | — | Krist | 3 |
| US United States | — | 558 | 1 in 596K | 1.1K | Krist | 213 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | 297 | — | 2 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #24 | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Krist | 1 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Krist 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 ang, alternative spelling of Crīst
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, to fall
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, null
as a wordSkok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
In Latvian, Neturēties stingri iekšā vai klāt, velties, slīdēt ārā (no turienes) vai nost (no turienes), atdalīties
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, strauji mainīt stāvokli no (parasti) vertikāla stāvokļa horizontālā, zūdot balstam vai līdzsvaram
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)
- Krist Novoselicb. 1965USAmerican rock musician
- Krist Angielen Guzmanb. 1984USnurse from the Philippines (1984-2020)
- Kristo Külljastinenb. 1985EEnot in their usual nameEstonian association football player and referee (born 1985)
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 46 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #21,510 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.1K | #23,899 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1K | #25,259 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 130 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Krist come from?
- from a short form of the personal name Kristen or one of its variants. North German form of Christian. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- Is Krist a male or female name?
- Krist is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Krist mean?
- Recorded meaning: from a short form of the personal name Kristen or one of its variants.
- In which country does Krist have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 146 thousand people named Krist in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled krist.
- How common is the name Krist?
- In the United States, the national register counted 558 people named Krist in 2020, about 1 in 596 thousand residents.
- How common is Krist compared with other names?
- In Antigua & Barbuda, Krist is the 24th most common given name of 3,327 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Krist?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kristThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Krist” — the 24th most common given name in Antigua & Barbuda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.