Christina

English

Etymology

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Christiana " a Christian (woman)".

Alternative forms

• Kristina

Proper noun

Christina

1. A female given name.
   • 1811 Mary Mitford: Christina, the Maid of the South Seas. A.J.Valpy, London 1811. 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 1900. 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 2006. ISBN 0743287037 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

Czech: Kristína (cs) f. Danish: Christine (da) Estonian: Kristiina (et) Finnish: Kristiina (fi) French: Christine (fr) German: Christine (de) Hawaiian: Kilikina Hungarian: Krisztina (hu) Italian: Cristina (it)

Latvian: Kristīna (lv) f., Kristīne (lv) f. Macedonian: Кристина (mk) (Kristína), Христина (mk) (Hristína) Northern Sami: Risten Norwegian: Kristine (no) Polish: Krystyna (pl) Scottish Gaelic: Cairistìona Spanish: Cristina (es) Swedish: Kristina (sv)

Anagrams

• Christian

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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: c. 22 737 females with the given name Christina 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.

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German

Proper noun

Christina

1. A female given name, Latinate variant of Christine.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Christina

1. A female given name, Latinate variant of Kristine.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Christina

1. A female given name, a popular alternative spelling of Kristina. Name of a 17th century queen of Sweden.