Kirstie

Where Kirstie comes from

A 20th-century variant of Kirsty, a form of Christina.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kirstie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #4,738 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1951
    Kirstie Alley born
    American actress
  3. 1989
    Kirstie James born
    New Zealand cyclist
  4. 1991
    Peak, #401
    635 babies named Kirstie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #792.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Kristine, variant of Kirsty.
Namesakes
  • Kirstie Alley · American actress, 1951–2022
  • Kirstie James · New Zealand cyclist, born 1989
  • Kirstie Marshall · Australian skier and politician, born 1969
  • Kirstie Alora · Filipina taekwondo practitioner, born 1989
  • Kirstie Levell · English footballer, born 1997

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.