Christiana
Meaning
the Latin feminine form of Christian, 'a Christian'
Christiana around the world
One shared root links 18 names across 6 languages.
Shared root: from Latin Christianus, "a Christian" (Christos, "anointed", at the root), with Christina as its feminine and an entire Nordic branch of spellings
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Christiana peaked in the 1980s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
511 people · the #13,166 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 44
Among people named Christiana living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Christiana
Most people given the name Christiana in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Christiana you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Christiana deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Christiana truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Christiana fits with your family’s names and surname.
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