Krystyn
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Krystyn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Latin Christinus.
- CZCzechia1 in 185K(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- 1 in 185K (inferred from the name graph)
58 people
Reference-verified
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Krystýn in CZ Czechia.
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)
Borrowed from Latin Christinus.
Sources 1
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Krystyn 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | 58 | 1 in 185K | 58 | Krystýn | 13 |
| US United States | — | — | 682 | — | — |
| PL Poland | — | — | 338 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| AU Australia | — | — | 1 | — | — |
58 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Krystyn Ościkb. 1363LTLithuanian boyar, adopted by Polish nobles
- Krystyn Lach-Szyrmab. 1791PLPolish philosopher
- Joseph-Chrétien Ostrowskib. 1811PLnot in their usual namePolish poet (1811-1882)
- Krystyn Gondekb. 1909PLPolish Catholic priest, Franciscan, martyr, blessed of the Catholic Church (1909–1943)
- Wojciech Pędichb. 1926PLnot in their usual namePolish gerontolog and cardiologist
- Andrzej Wróblewskib. 1927PLnot in their usual namePolish painter (1927-1957)
- Krystyn Matwijowskib. 1936PLPolish historian
- Jacek Paliszewskib. 1945PLnot in their usual namePolish economist, diplomat
- Krystyn WłodekPLPolish Righteous Among the Nations
- Krystyn MichałowskiPLPolish engineer
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 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 682 | #16,187 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 338 | #866 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 326 | #924 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 51 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 42 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 40 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 34 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 29 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1986 | 26 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- What does the name Krystyn mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Latin Christinus. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Krystyn a male or female name?
- Krystyn 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 are other forms of the name Krystyn?
- In the etymology graph, Christian, Carsten and Karsten are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Krystyn have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 58 people named Krystyn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled krystýn.
- Where is Krystyn most common?
- Krystyn is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 185 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Krystyn?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 58 people named Krystyn, about 1 in 185 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/krystynThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Krystyn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.