Christina

English

Alternative forms

• Kristina
• Xtina (abbreviation, informal)

Etymology

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɪsˈtiːnə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Christina

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1811, Mary Mitford, Christina, the Maid of the South Seas, London: A.J.Valpy, page 26:

     For never yet that maiden's woes
     To check our social pleasure rose,
     Her joy she shares, her grief's her own,
     CHRISTINA CHRISTIAN weeps alone.

   • 1900, Elisabeth Luther Cary, The Rossettis:Dante Gabriel and Christina., Putnam's Sons, page 230:

     Her name "Christina" was derived from one of the Bonaparte family, Lady Dudley Stuart

   • 2006, Richard Paul Evans, Finding Noel: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 168:

     She was born on Christmas Day. I wanted to name her Holly. But with the last name of Wood, your mama wouldn't go for that. So we named her Christina.

Related terms

• (variants): Christian, Christiana, Christine, Kirsten, Kirsty, Kristen, Kristin, Kristine
• (diminutives): Chris, Chrissie, Chrissy, Christie, Christy, Kristi, Kristie, Kristy, Tina

Translations

female given name

• Belarusian: Крысці́на f (Kryscína)
• Bulgarian: Христи́на f (Hristína)
• Catalan: Cristina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克里斯蒂娜 (Kèlǐsīdìnà)

• Czech: Kristína f, Kristýna (cs) f
• Danish: Christine
• Dutch: Christina (nl) f
• Estonian: Kristiina
• Finnish: Kristiina (fi)
• French: Christine (fr) f
• Galician: Cristina (gl)
• German: Christine (de) f
• Greek: Χριστίνα (el) f (Christína), Κριστίνα (el) (Kristína) (transliteration from English)
• Greenlandic: Kista
• Hawaiian: Kilikina
• Hungarian: Krisztina (hu)
• Italian: Cristina (it) f
• Japanese: クリスティーナ (Kurisutīna)
• Korean: 크리스티나 (Keuriseutina)
• Latvian: Kristīna f, Kristīne f
• Macedonian: Кристи́на f (Kristína), Христи́на (mk) f (Hristína)
• Marathi: क्रिस्टीना f (krisṭīnā)
• Northern Sami: Risten
• Norwegian: Kristine (no) f
• Occitan: Cristina f
• Polish: Krystyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cristina (pt) f
• Romanian: Cristina f
• Russian: Кристи́на (ru) f (Kristína), Христи́на (ru) f (Xristína)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cairistìona
• Spanish: Cristina (es) f
• Swedish: Kristina (sv)
• Ukrainian: Христи́на f (Xrystýna)

Anagrams

• Christian, trichinas

Danish

Proper noun

Christina

1. a female given name, a Latinate and Swedish type variant of Christine

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 22 570 females with the given name Christina (compared to 7748 named Kristina) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkrɪsˈti.naː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Chris‧ti‧na
• Rhymes: -inaː

Proper noun

Christina f

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• Christa

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʀɪsˈtiːna]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: Chris‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Christina

1. a female given name, Latinate variant of Christine

Norwegian

Proper noun

Christina

1. a female given name, Latinate variant of Kristine

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Kristina

Etymology

Derived from Latin Chrīstiāna, Christina. First recorded in runes as kristin in the 12th century. Name of a 17th century queen of Sweden.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Christina c (genitive Christinas)

1. a female given name
   • 1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 160:

     "Birgitta, Margareta och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."

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References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 103 615 females with the given name Christina (compared to 173 259 named Kristina) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• Christian