Kristina

Where Kristina comes from

A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina
— Wiktionary's entry for Kristina
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Kristina through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #4,274 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Kristina Šmigun-Vähi born
    Estonian cross-country skier and politician
  3. 1985
    Peak, #57
    5,566 babies named Kristina, the most in any year.
  4. 1993
    Kristina Mladenovic born
    French and Serbian tennis player
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #130.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina.
Namesakes
  • Kristina Mladenovic · French and Serbian tennis player, born 1993
  • Kristina Šmigun-Vähi · Estonian cross-country skier and politician, born 1977
  • Kristina Söderbaum · Swedish-German actress, 1912–2001
  • Kristina Vogel · German track cyclist, born 1990
  • Kristina Schröder · German politician (CDU), born 1977

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.