Christiana

Where Christiana comes from

From Latin Chrīstiāna; a medieval literate form of the female name Christian. By surface analysis, Christian + -a.
— Wiktionary's entry for Christiana
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1634
    Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg born
    Duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #813 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1956
    Christiana Figueres born
    Costa Rican diplomat engaged in UN
  4. 1996
    Peak, #699
    309 babies named Christiana — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,614.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Christiana Figueres · Costa Rican diplomat engaged in UN, born 1956
  • Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg · Duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg, 1634–1701
  • Christiana Morgan · American psychoanalyst, 1897–1967
  • Christiana Carteaux Bannister · American business entrepreneur, hairdresser, and abolitionist, 1819–1902
  • Christiana Abiodun Emanuel · Nigerian missionary, 1907–1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.