Chrystina
Feminine · “A spelling of Christina”
Chrystina is Christina written with a y, which makes it look like the Greek for gold. The best-known Christina in American art is the woman in Andrew Wyeth's painting, pulling herself across a field toward home.
How old is the name Chrystina?
Chrystina first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Chrystina alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 600 people named Chrystina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Chrystina most popular?
Chrystina peaked in 1988, reaching #3165 nationally. See the whole 1988 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Christos to Chrystina
The story of Chrystina
The chrys- of chrysanthemum and chrysalis is Greek chrysos, gold, a different word from the christ- of Christina, and Chrystina borrows its look. Christina Olson, who lived on a farm in Maine, had lost the use of her legs and moved by pulling herself along with her arms; her neighbor Andrew Wyeth painted her from behind, lying in a dry field and looking up at her house, and Christina's World became one of the best-known American paintings. Chrystina is one of the spellings American families used for Christina.
Meaning
A spelling of Christina, 'follower of Christ'
Christina comes from Christ, Greek for 'anointed'. Chrystina writes the first vowel with a y.
How the name formed
- Christos
- Christina
- Chrystina
Related forms: Christina · Cristina · Kristina
Pronouncing Chrystina
kris-TEE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Chrystina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1963
- Most girls named
- 199134 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3165reached in 1988
- Change vs 2013
- −16.7%5 in 2019, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Chrystina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Christina in English — spelling variant
- Cristina in Italian — same name
- Kristina in Swedish — same name
Chrystinas among us
people named Chrystina are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Chrystina sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Christina, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Chrissy and Tina as ready short forms.
- A settled meaning.
- Almost everyone will write Christina.
- The y may be read as a slip.
- It sounds like a popular name of its generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Chrystinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Chrystina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Chrystina in 2025?
- Chrystina is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Chrystina with classmates?
- Chrystina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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