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 [ 2 syll. crys-tal, cr-yst-al ] The girl name Crystal is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced KRIHSTahL KEY. Crystal's language of origin is Latin and English. It is predominantly used in English. Latin and English origin: From crystal ; krystallos which means 'ice' ; kreus which means 'crust, ice crust'. The first name is derived from the common English word, itself of the Greek krystallos ('ice') and ultimately of Indoeuropean roots. The given name was first taken up in the 19th century by English speakers during the vogue for jewel names. In the 20th century, it was especially popular among Afro-Americans. The name Crystal is widely used; it has 58 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Christalene, Christalin, Christalyn, Christella, Christelle (used in French as well), Christleen, Christline, Chrys, Chrystalla, Chrystele, Chrystol, Crista (used in German as well), Cristel, Cristol, Cyrstal, Kristale, Kristaline, Kristalyn, Kristlyn, Krys, Krystale, Krystaleen, Krystalin, Krystalina, Krystelle, Krystlea, and Krystlelea. Other English forms include the pet forms Chris (used in German as well) and Chrissie (used in Scottish as well), and the spelling variants Christal, Christall, Christel (used in German and as well), Christele, Christell, Christl (used in German and as well), Christle, Christol, Christyl, Chrystal, Chrystle, Cristal, Crystle, Kristal, Kristall, Kristel (used in German and as well), Kristell, Kristelle, Kristl, Kristle, Kristol, Krystal, Krystall, Krystil, Krystl, Krystle, Krystol, and Krystyl. The Welsh Crisiant is a form of Crystal that is used in foreign languages. In addition, Crystal is a form (English) of the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine. Crystal is a popular baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1980s. At the peak of its usage in 1982, 1.054% of baby girls were named Crystal. It had a ranking of #9 then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #252 with a usage of only 0.066%, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Crystal was twice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine, in 2008. In the last century Crystal has mainly been a girl name. There were 228 times more girls than boys who were named Crystal in 1983. Baby names that sound like Crystal include the English Christal, the English Christall, the German and English Christel, the English Christell, the English Christol, the English Chrystal, the German Chrystel, the English Chrystol, the English Cristal, the English Cristel, the English Cristol, the English Kristal, the English Kristall, the German and English Kristel, the English Kristell, the English Kristol, the English Krystal, the English Krystall, the English Krystol, and the French and English Christelle. KEY: Pronunciation for Crystal: 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)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
