Krista

Where Krista comes from

A spelling variant of Christa, a modern short form of Christina, partly borrowed from German Christa.
— Wiktionary's entry for Krista
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #3,800 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Krista Allen born
    American actress
  3. 1985
    Krista Siegfrids born
    Finnish singer
  4. 1986
    Peak, #93
    3,054 babies named Krista — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #202.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Krista Siegfrids · Finnish singer, born 1985
  • Krista Allen · American actress, born 1971
  • Krista Pärmäkoski · Finnish cross-country skier, born 1990
  • Krista Kosonen · Finnish actress, born 1983
  • Krista Kiuru · Finnish politician, born 1974

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.