MEANING & HISTORY
What does Maria Cristina mean?
Maria Cristina is explicitly recorded as a Spanish-derived two-name combination. Maria continues Mary, whose oldest root is debated; Cristina is the feminine Christian-name form, follower of Christ.
These histories remain separate rather than becoming one ancient sentence. The space is part of the attested exact name, and the combination should not be reduced to either component.
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Tagalog
- /maˌɾija kɾisˈtina/
- [mɐˌɾiː.jɐ k̠ɾɪsˈt̪iː.n̪ɐ]
Ma · ri · a Cris · ti · na5 written divisions
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Origin and name formation
Spanish
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Tagalog
From Maria + Cristina, from Spanish María + Cristina.
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Maria Cristina (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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