Kristina

Where Kristina comes from

A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina
— Wiktionary's entry for Kristina
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Kristina Šmigun-Vähi born
    Estonian cross-country skier and politician
  3. 1985
    Peak, #57
    5,566 babies named Kristina — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    Kristina Mladenovic born
    French and Serbian tennis player
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #130.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina.
Namesakes
  • Kristina Mladenovic · French and Serbian tennis player, born 1993
  • Kristina Šmigun-Vähi · Estonian cross-country skier and politician, born 1977
  • Kristina Söderbaum · Swedish-German actress, 1912–2001
  • Kristina Vogel · German track cyclist, born 1990
  • Kristina Schröder · German politician (CDU), born 1977

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.