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Christina en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɹɪsˈtiːnə/

Etymology

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Latin Chrīstiāna (“Christian (woman)”). Doublet of Kirsten.

Meanings

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 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. 2006, Richard Paul Evans, Finding Noel: A Novel, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 168:
   • Her name "Christina" was derived from one of the Bonaparte family, Lady Dudley Stuart 1900, Elisabeth Luther Cary, The Rossettis:Dante Gabriel and Christina., Putnam's Sons, page 230:
   • When Christina Applegate looks back, she can recognize the signs. 2022 November 1, Alexis Soloski, “Christina Applegate Pours One Out for ‘Dead to Me’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:
   • 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. 1811, Mary Mitford, Christina, the Maid of the South Seas, London: A.J.Valpy, page 26:

Forms

Deriveds

Christina piercing

Relateds

Tina · Christie · Christian · Kristy · Kristin · Chrissy · Chrissie · Christy · Christiana · Kirsty · Chris · Kirsten · Kristi · Christine · Kristine · Kristie · Kristen

Translations (40)

pl Krystyna (female given name) · nl Christina (female given name) · gl Cristina (female given name) · haw Kilikina (female given name) · rsk Кристина (female given name) · sv Kristina (female given name) · be Крысці́на (female given name) · fr Christine (female given name) · ko 크리스티나 (female given name) · lv Kristīna (female given name) · pt Cristina (female given name) · mr क्रिस्टीना (female given name) · oc Cristina (female given name) · bg Христи́на (female given name) · cs Kristína (female given name) · kl Kista (female given name) · cs Kristýna (female given name) · el Κριστίνα (female given name) · hu Krisztina (female given name) · el Χριστίνα (female given name) · lv Kristīne (female given name) · ru Христи́на (female given name) · mk Христи́на (female given name) · ja クリスティーナ (female given name) · da Christine (female given name) · es Cristina (female given name) · it Cristina (female given name) · gd Cairistìona (female given name) · no Kristine (female given name) · de Christine (female given name) · mk Кристи́на (female given name) · fi Kristiina (female given name) · uk Христи́на (female given name) · ru Кристи́на (female given name) · ro Cristina (female given name) · cmn 克里斯蒂娜 (female given name) · ka ქრისტინე (female given name) · se Risten (female given name) · ca Cristina (female given name) · et Kristiina (female given name)