Crystina
Feminine · “A spelling of Christina”
Crystina is Christina written with the y of crystal, a spelling of one of the oldest Christian names. Christina gave its name to one of the most famous American paintings and to the first permanent European settlement in Delaware.
How old is the name Crystina?
Crystina first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Crystina alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 600 people named Crystina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Crystina most popular?
Crystina peaked in 1987, reaching #2915 nationally. See the whole 1987 chart.
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Where it comes from
From christianus to Crystina
The story of Crystina
In 1638 Swedish colonists on the Delaware River built Fort Christina, named for their young queen, where Wilmington stands today; it was the beginning of New Sweden and of the first log cabins in America. In 1948 Andrew Wyeth painted Christina's World, showing his neighbor Anna Christina Olson, who could not walk because of a muscle disease, pulling herself across a Maine field toward her farmhouse; it hangs in the Museum of Modern Art. Crystina is one of the spellings American families used in the late twentieth century.
Meaning
A spelling of Christina, 'follower of Christ'
Christina comes from Latin christianus, from Greek christos, 'anointed'. The y is borrowed from crystal, an unrelated word.
How the name formed
- christianus
- Christina
- Crystina
Related forms: Christina · Cristina · Kristina · Christina
Pronouncing Crystina
kris-TEE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second, like Christina.
Nicknames for Crystina
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
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 198733 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2915reached in 1987
- Change vs 2014
- −30.0%7 in 2015, from 10
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.
Crystina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Christina in English — spelling variant
- Cristina in Italian — same name
- Kristina in Swedish — same name
- Christina in Greek — same name
Crystinas among us
people named Crystina 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
Crystina 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 exactly like Christina, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Tina and Chrissy as ready short forms.
- Distinct on paper.
- Almost everyone will write Christina or Kristina.
- The y links it on paper to crystal, which it has nothing to do with.
- Some will read the spelling as a mistake rather than a choice.
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- How many Crystinas 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 Crystina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Crystina in 2025?
- Crystina is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Crystina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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