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 [ 3 syll. (c)hris-ti-na, ch-rist-ina ] The girl name Christina is pronounced KRIHSTIYNah KEY. Christina is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in Dutch, English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian. Christina is a form of Christine (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian). The short forms Chris (English and German), Christa (German), Christi (English), Kristi (English), Kristie (English), Kristy (English), and Tina (Dutch, English, German, Greek, and Russian), the pet forms Chrissa (English), Chrissie (English and Scottish), Chrissy (English), Christie (English), Christy (English), Ina (Dutch, English, and Japanese), Tinah (English), Tine (Dutch and German), and Tineke (Dutch), and the spelling variants Chrisstina (English), Christeena (English), Christena (English), Christinna (English), Christyna (English), Chrystina (English), Chrystyna (English), Cristina (English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Khristina (English and Russian), Khrystyna (English), Kristeena (English), Kristena (English), Kristina (Czech and Scandinavian), Kristyna (Czech), and Krystina (English) are forms of the name. Christina is an all-time favorite. At present it is still popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was in the past. The name's popularity grew from the 1930s up to the 1970s. Its usage peaked in 1978 with 0.996% of baby girls being named Christina. It had a ranking of #15 then. The baby name has experienced a marked drop in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #200 with a usage of only 0.080%, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Christina was thrice as popular as the next most popular name, Kristina (Czech and Scandinavian), in 2008. Christina has mainly been a girl name, although in the last century it has also been used for boys. There were 108 times as many girls than boys who were named Christina in 1989. Baby names that sound like Christina include Chrisstina (English), Christeena (English), Chrystina (English), Cristina (English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Crystina (Czech), Khristina (English and Russian), Kristeena (English), Kristiina (Finnish), Kristina (Czech and Scandinavian), Krystina (English), Christanna (English), Christiaan (English), Christiane (French and German), Christianne (English), Christinna (English), Christyna (English), Chrystyna (English), Crestienne (French), Kearsten (English), and Khrystyna (English). Details of famous persons named Christina: KEY: Pronunciation for Christina: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
