MEANING & HISTORY
What does Kristina mean?
Kristina is a spelling of Christina used in Scandinavian and other naming traditions. The older Latin Christiana means a Christian woman or one belonging to Christ.
Christ comes from Greek Christos, anointed. The K spelling reflects the language form rather than a different root. Its religious formation describes the name’s history, not a certainty about a bearer’s current beliefs.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina
A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina.
Wiktionary: Kristina (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Kristina (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Kristina
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Kris Aquino
Filipina television and movie personality
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Kristina Paner
Filipino singer and actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Kris Aquino, Kristina Paner
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Kristina in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Kristina
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cristina♀Feminine form of Christian; belonging to Christ
- Kristine♀Christian; form of Christina or Christine
- Christina♀A Christian; feminine of Latin Christianus
- Krista♀Short form of Christina or Christiana
- Kristen♂♀Variant of Kristin, in the Christina family
- Kristi♀Familiar form of Christina or Christine
- Agustina·Feminine form of Agustín; venerable
- Justina♀Just or fair; feminine Iustinus-family form
What rhymes with Kristina?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Kristina further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q19798802 — Kristina (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Kris Aquino (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19798802 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Kristina Paner (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19798802 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kristina (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kristina (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Kristina (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Christian (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.
- Wiktionary: Christian (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.