Cristine
Feminine · “a Christian”
Cristine wears a French ending on a Spanish spelling. The -ine is how France writes this name; dropping the h is how Spain and Italy write it. Put together they make a form that no single country uses and that reads perfectly naturally in America.
How old is the name Cristine?
Cristine first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Cristine alive today was born around 1973, making them about 52 years old. About 3,700 people named Cristine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cristine most popular?
Cristine peaked in 1965, reaching #973 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
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Where it comes from
From christiana to Cristine
The story of Cristine
Latin gave Europe Christiana, and each language cut it down differently: Italy and Spain to Cristina, France to Christine, Germany to Christina and Christiane. English borrowed both the French and the Latin forms and has used them side by side ever since. Cristine takes the ending from one road and the spelling from the other. The name has a formidable bearer at the point where those roads meet: Christine de Pizan, who was born in Venice, raised at the French court, and after her husband's death supported her family entirely by writing, which makes her the first woman in Europe known to have earned her living by the pen.
Meaning
a Christian, a follower of Christ
From the Latin christiana. The h that English and French keep is a fossil of the Greek letter chi; Spanish and Italian dropped it centuries ago because their alphabets had no use for it.
How the name formed
- christiana
- Cristina
- Christine
- Cristine
Related forms: Cristina · Christine · Christiane · Kristin · Kristina
Pronouncing Cristine
kris-TEEN
Two syllables with the weight at the back, exactly as Christine is said. The missing h changes nothing at all about the sound.
Nicknames for Cristine
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
- 1916
- Most girls named
- 1970118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #973reached in 1965
- Change vs 2018
- −44.4%5 in 2022, from 9
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.
Cristine in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cristina in Spanish — same name
- Christine in French — same name
- Christiane in German — related form
- Kristin in Swedish — related form
- Kristina in Russian — transliteration
Cristines among us
people named Cristine 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
Cristine 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
- It is said correctly on first hearing anywhere in the English-speaking world.
- The h-less spelling reads as natural in Spanish and Italian, so the name works in more than one language household.
- Tina and Cris are ready short forms that sound nothing alike.
- English readers will add the h back automatically, and every form will need correcting.
- Christine, Christina, Cristina and Kristine are all close neighbors and are confused constantly.
- It belongs to a generation of American naming and will place a person in time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cristines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,700 people named Cristine are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cristine in 2025?
- Cristine is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cristine with classmates?
- Cristine will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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