Christina

Where Christina comes from

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.
— Wiktionary's entry for Christina
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1626
    Christina of Sweden born
    Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #186 among girls — 65 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1980
    Christina Ricci born
    American actress
  4. 1985
    Peak, #12
    16,600 babies named Christina — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #35.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Christina Ricci · American actress, born 1980
  • Christina of Sweden · Queen of Sweden, ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654, 1626–1689
  • Christina Applegate · American actress, born 1971
  • Christina Rossetti · English poet, 1830–1894
  • Christina Hendricks · British-American actress, born 1975

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.