Chrissy

Where Chrissy comes from

From Chris + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Chrissy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Chrissy through the years
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #4,764 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #378
    560 babies named Chrissy, the most in any year.
  3. 1980
    Chrissy Metz born
    American actress
  4. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #768.
  5. 1995
    Chrissy Costanza born
    Lead singer of Against The Current
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Christine and Christina.
Namesakes
  • Chrissy Metz · American actress, born 1980
  • Chrissy Costanza · Lead singer of Against The Current, born 1995
  • Chrissy Houlahan · American politician, born 1967
  • Chrissy Sharp · Australian politician, 1947–2021
  • Chrissy Sommer · Member of the Missouri House of Representatives, born 1965

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.