Christina (given name)

Christina
Pronunciation	/krɪˈstiːnə/ krist-EE-nə
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Ancient Greek, used to translate Hebrew
Meaning	"Follower of Christ"
Other names
Related names	Χριστίνα, Cristina, Kristina, Kristine, Christine, Christian, Chris, Christopher, Kristen, Krista, Christa, Crista, Christabelle

Christina or Cristina is a feminine given name. It is a simplified form of the Latin Christiana, and a feminine form of Christianus or a Latinized form of the Middle English Christin 'Christian' (Old English christen, from Latin).^[1] Short forms include Chris and Tina. The name is ultimately derived from the original Greek form of the name, Χριστίνα. The name Christina is most commonly used in the Christian religion.

Variant forms

Alternative forms of the name, including spelling variations, nicknames and diminutive forms, include:

Chislee (Korean)
Christnah (Indian)
Cairistìona (Scottish Gaelic)
Chris (English)
Chrissie (English)
کریستینا (Arabic)
Chrissy (English)
Christa (Danish, English, German)
Christabel (English)
Christabella (English)
Christabelle (French, English)
Christel (German)
Christelle (French)
Christena
Christi (English)
Christiana (Latin, Spanish)
Christiane (French, German)
Christianne (French, German)
Christie (English)
Christin (German, Scandinavian)
Christina (German, English, Greek, Swedish)
Christine (English, French, German, Scandinavian)
Christobel (English)
Christy (English)
Chrys (English)
Chrystina (English)
Crestienne (French)
Cris (Spanish)
Crista (Spanish)
Cristeena (Manx)
Cristen (English)
Cristiana (Italian, Spanish)
Cristin (Irish)
Cristina (Catalan, Italian, English, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician)
Christina, Kristina, Kristin, Christy, Christine, Cristina, Christabel, Christabella (Indonesian)
Cristiona, Crístíona (Irish)
Cristi (Spanish)
Cristy (Spanish, English)
Crystin (Welsh)
Hristina (Bulgarian, Greek)
Karisaṭīnā (ਕਰਿਸਟੀਨਾ) (Punjabi)
Kèlǐsīdìnà (克里斯蒂娜) (Chinese)
Kerstin (German, Swedish)
Keuriseutina (크리스티나) (Korean)
Khristina (Кристина) (Russian)
Khris̄tinā (คริสตินา) (Thai)
Khristya (Russian)
Khrysta (Russian, Ukrainian)
Khrustina (Bulgarian)
Kia (Swedish)
Kiersten (Danish, English)
Kilikina (Hawaiian)
Kiṟisṭiṉā (கிறிஸ்டினா) (Tamil)
Kirsi (Finnish)
Kirsteen (Scots)
Kirsten (Scandinavian)
Kirsti (Finnish)
Kirstie (Scots)
Kirstin (Estonian, Scots)
Kirsty (Scots)
Kistiñe (Basque)
Kjersti (Norwegian)
Kjerstin (Norwegian, Swedish)
Kolina (Swedish)
Кристина (Kristina) (Macedonian, Russian, Serbian)
Kris (Danish, English)
Krisztina (Hungarian)
Krista (Czech, English, Estonian, German, Latvian)
Kristen (English)
Kristi (English, Estonian)
Kristia (English)
Kristiana (Latvian)
Kristiane (German)
Kristie (English)
Kristiina (Estonian, Finnish)
Kristin (English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, Scandinavian, Czech)
Kristína (Czech, Slovakian, Albanian)
Kristina (Croatian, Czech, English, German, Lithuanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish)
Krisṭīnā (ક્રિસ્ટીના) (Gujarati)
Krisṭinā (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಿನಾ) (Kannada)
Krisṭīnā (क्रिस्टीना) (Marathi, Nepali, Hindi)
Krisṭinā (క్రిస్టినా) (Telugu)
ქრისტინე (Kristine) (Georgian)
Kristine (Danish, English, German, Latvian, Norwegian)
Kristinë (Albanian)
Kristinka (Czech)
Kristjana (Icelandic)
Kristy (English)
Kristýna (Czech)
Kriszta (Hungarian)
Kriszti (Hungarian)
Krisztina (Hungarian)
Krysia (Polish language|Polish)
Krysta (Polish)
Krysten (English)
Krystiana (Polish)
Krystina (English)
Krystka (Polish)
Krystyn (Polish)
Krystyna (Polish)
Krystynka (Polish)
Kurisu, Kurisutīna (クリスティーナ) (Japanese)
Kyrsten (English)
Nina
Qrystynʼa (קריסטינאַ) (Yiddish)
Risten (Northern Sami)
Stiina (Estonian, Finnish)
Stina (German, Scandinavian)
Stine (Danish, Norwegian)
Stinne (Danish)
Teeny (Scottish)
Tiina (Estonian, Finnish)
Tina (Dutch, English, Greek, Italian, Russian, Slovene)
Тина (Tina) (Russian)
Tine (Danish, Norwegian)
Tineke (Dutch)
Týna (Czech)
Христина (Khrystyna) (Russian, Ukrainian)
Χριστίνα (Hristina or Christina) (Greek)
کریستینا (Persian)
کرسٹینا (Urdu)

People

Religious figures

Saint Christina (disambiguation), several people with the name
Christina the Astonishing (1150–1224), also known as 'Christina Mirabilis', a Christian holy-woman of Belgium, and Haines

Historical figures

Christina of Markyate (1096–1155), English abbess and mystic
Christina of the Isles (fl. 1290–1318), Scottish noblewoman
Christina Marshall Colville (1852–1936), Scottish temperance leader
Christina Gyllenstierna (1494–1559), Swedish national heroine
Maria Kristina Kiellström (1744–1789), Swedish silk manufacturer
Christina Rauscher (1570–1618), German official and critic of witch trials
Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet
Christina Doreothea Stuart (fl. 1774), Norwegian artist

Royalty

Kristina Abrahamsdotter (1432–1492), Queen of Sweden 1470
Christina of Denmark (1521–1590), Danish princess
Christina of Sweden (1626–1689), Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654
Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Dutch princess
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, Swedish princess
Maria Christina of Austria
Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen
Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (disambiguation), several people
Princess Alexandra Christina, Countess of Frederiksborg
Christina of Milan

Politicians

Christina (Chrystia) Freeland, Canadian politician
Christina Höj Larsen (born 1971), Swedish politician
Christina Liew (born 1951), Malaysian politician
Christina Liu (born 1955), Taiwanese politician
Christina Jordan (born 1962), British politician
Cristina Kirchner (born 1953), President of Argentina (2007–2015)
Christina McKelvie (born 1968), British politician
Christina Olumeko (born 1996), Danish politician
Christina Rees (born 1954), British politician
Christina Stumpp (born 1987), German politician

Entertainers

Christina Aguilar (born 1966), Thai singer
Christina Aguilera (born 1980), American singer and songwriter
Christina Applegate (born 1971), American actress
Christina Cewe (born 1981), American singer and author
Christina Cole (born 1982), English actress
Christina Grimmie (1994–2016), American singer
Christina Hendricks (born 1975), American actress and model
Christina Kalogerikou (1885–1968), Greek actress
Christina Lindberg (born 1950), Swedish actress, model, and journalist
Christina McNulty, Canadian silent film actress
Christina Milian (born 1981), American actress, singer, and songwriter
Christina Moore (born 1973), American actress
Christina Pazsitzky (born 1976), Canadian–born American comedian, podcaster, and writer
Christina Perri (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
Christina Pickles (born 1935), English–American actress
Christina Ricci (born 1980), American actress
Christina Schollin (born 1937), Swedish actress
Cristina Stamate (1946–2017), Romanian actress
Christina Tsafou (born 1957), Greek actress
Christina Vidal (born 1981), American actress and singer
Christina Chong, British actress and singer

Sportspeople

Christina Ashcroft (born 1964), Canadian sport shooter
Christina Bernardi (born 1990), Australian footballer
Christina Bourmpou (born 2000), Greek rower
Christina Boxer (born 1957), English middle-distance runner
Christina Crawford (wrestler) (born 1988), American dancer, wrestler, and WWE Diva
Christina Dragan (born 2007), Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast
Christina Giazitzidou (born 1989), Greek rower
Christina Ioannidi (born 1982), Soviet-Greek weightlifter
Hristina Kokotou, Greek race walker
Christina Kotsia (born 1994), Greek water polo player
Christína Papadáki (born 1973), Greek tennis player
Christina Sandberg (born 1948), Swedish tennis player
Christina Thalassinidou (born 1970), Soviet-Greek synchronized swimmer
Christina Von Eerie (born Christina Kardooni, 1989), American wrestler
Christina Wheeler (born 1982), Australian tennis player
Christina Yannetsos (born 1983), American judoka
Christina Zachariadou (born 1974), Greek tennis player

Other

Cristina Rodríguez Cabral (born 1959), Uruguayan poet, researcher, and Afro-Uruguayan activist
Christina Crawford, author and actress who was abused by adoptive mother Joan Crawford
Christina Dodwell (born 1951), explorer and travel writer
Cristina García Rodero (born 1949), Spanish photographer
Christina Goldschmidt, British statistician
Christina Katrakis (born 1980), American artist
Christina Klausmann (1957-2008) was a German historian, publicist and curator
Christina Larner (1933–1983), British historian
Christina Lekka (born c. 1972), Greek fashion model
Christina McAnea (born 1958), British trade union leader
Christina Onassis, Greek shipping heiress
Christina Schultheiß (1918-2016), German civil engineer, best known for her involvement in the Protestant church.
Christina Hoff Sommers (born 1950), American author and philosopher
Christina Tosi, American chef, author, and TV personality
Christina Twomey, Australian historian

Fictional characters

Christina, from the anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Christina, from the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth and the film series adapted from it, played by Zoë Kravitz
Christina Berg, from the teen drama series Skam, played by Ina Svenningdal
Christina Borres, from the ABS-CBN's 2010-2011 drama series Mara Clara
Christina Gallagher, from the political drama series House of Cards, played by Kristen Connolly
Christina Hawthorne, from the medical drama series Hawthorne, played by Jada Pinkett Smith
Christina McKinney, from the comedy drama series Ugly Betty, played by Ashley Jensen
Christina Parsons, from the Flambards trilogy by K. M. Peyton and the television series adapted from it, played by Christine McKenna
Christina Ross, mother of the Ross kids in the American TV series Jessie

References

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 55, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

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