Kristina
Meaning
form of Christina in several languages, and an English variant
The story
Kristina is one member of an unusually international name family. It is a form of Christina used in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Albanian, and other languages, with several pronunciations and both Latin and Cyrillic spellings. The family ultimately comes through Latin from Greek Christos, so the traditional Christian sense belongs to the whole line rather than to one national form. In American records Kristina rises in the 1930s, grows through the middle decades, and holds a broad high plateau from the 1970s through the 2000s before easing in the 2010s and 2020s. Tina, Kris, and Kristi all sit inside it, but the full name displays what made it travel: familiar structure, clear rhythm, and a spelling that works across many linguistic borders.
Kristina 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
The constellation
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kristina peaked in the 1970s and the 2000s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
189 people · the #26,468 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 36
Among people named Kristina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Kristina
Most people given the name Kristina in the United States were born between 1970 and 1999. The Kristina you meet today is most often in her 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Kristina deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Kristina 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 Kristina fits with your family’s names and surname.
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