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and Sweden) variant of the male name Christian. The name Krista can be spelled with a "Ch", making it

Christa Christa may refer to: * Christa (given name), a female given name * Janusz Christa (1934-2008), Polish comics author * ''Swedish Fly Girls'', a 1971 film also known as ''Christa'' * 1015 Christa, an asteroid See also

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. It means "Follower of Christ".

People named Krista

Krista Allen Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress, model and stand-up comic. She is best known for her work in the television series '' Days of Our Lives'', '' Baywatch Hawaii'', and the erotic TV series '' Emmanuelle in Space''. Allen a ...

(born 1971), American actress * Krista Aru (born 1958), Estonian historian, museologist and politician * Krista Benjamin (born 1970), American poet * Krista Blunk, American sports analyst *

Krista Branch Krista Branch is an American singer whose 2010 song "I Am America" has been called the anthem of the Tea Party movement. Branch produced "I Am America" with her husband, who wrote the song, to protest the treatment of the Tea Party by Democrats ...

, American singer * Krista Bridge, Canadian writer *

Krista Bridges Krista Bridges (born 4 November 1968) is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in more than eighty films since 1988, and received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992 for '' The Shower''."The Genie ...

(born 1968), Canadian actress * Krista Buecking (born 1982), Canadian visual artist * Krista Davey (born 1978), American soccer player * Krista Detor (born 1969), American singer * Krista Donnenwirth (born 1989), American softball player *

Krista Donaldson Krista M. Donaldson (born 1973) is a Canadian–American engineer. She is the CEO of D-Rev, a product design and engineering company that specialises in products for less industrialised countries. Early life and education Born and raised in Halif ...

(born 1973), Canadian-American engineer * Krista DuChene (born 1977), Canadian athlete * Krista Erickson, Canadian broadcaster * Krista Errickson (born 1964), American actress * Krista Fanedl (born 1941), Slovenian alpine skier * Krista Ford (born 1991), American football player *

Krista Franklin Krista Franklin is an American poet and visual artist, whose main artistic focus is collage. Her work, which addresses race, gender, and class issues, combines personal, pop-cultural, and historical imagery. Early life and education Franklin i ...

, American statistician * Krista Griffith (born 1972), American politician *

Krista Guloien Krista Guloien (born March 20, 1980, in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower from Port Moody, British Columbia. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's quad sculls. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she wa ...

(born 1980), Canadian rower *

Krista Harris Krista Harris (died 2006) was a much admired producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both ...

(died 2006), Canadian television producer * Krista Harrison (1971–1982), American murderer * Krista Hogan (born 2006), Canadian craniopagus conjoined twin *

Krista Howell Krista Lynn Howell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and ...

, Canadian politician *

Krista De Jonge Krista De Jonge (born 1959) is a Belgian architectural historian and full professor of architectural history at KU Leuven. Career She received a master's degree in engineering and architecture at KU Leuven in 1982, a Master of Advanced Studies a ...

(born 1950), Belgian architectural historian * Krista Kelly (born 1977), Canadian model and actress * Krista Kilburn-Steveskey (born 1968), American basketball player * Krista Kilvet (1946–2009), Estonian journalist *

Krista Kim Krista Kim is a Canadian-Korean contemporary artist whose works frequently use light, digital technology and sound. Kim produced a number of touring installations and displays, along with other works which have been sold as non-fungible tokens (N ...

, Canadian contemporary artist * Krista Lee Kinsman (born 1978), Canadian volleyball player *

Krista Kiuru Krista Katriina Kiuru (born 5 August 1974) is a Finnish politician. She served as Minister of Housing and Communications and Minister of Education and Communications in Jyrki Katainen's and Alexander Stubb's cabinets. Since June 2019, she has ser ...

(born 1974), Finnish politician *

Krista Kleiner Krista Eileen Arrieta Kleiner (born June 12 1989), is a Filipino-American entertainer, creator and beauty queen. She joined Binibining Pilipinas 2010 (Miss Philippines) and won Binibining Pilipinas-International 2010 (Miss Philippines Internat ...

(born 1989), American entertainer *

Krista Kosonen Krista Erika Kosonen (born 28 May 1983) is a Finnish actress. She is known for her appearances in movies such as '' Jade Warrior'' (2006), ''Princess'' (2010), and the Norwegian HBO series ''Beforeigners'' (2019, 2021). She has also appeared in ...

(born 1983), Finnish actress * Krista Kostial-Šimonović (1923–2018), Croatian physician * Krista Kruuv (born 1971), Estonian sport sailor * Krista Lavíčková (1917-1944), Czech secretary * Krista Lepik (born 1964), Estonian biathlete *

Krista Marie Krista Marie is an American country music artist; she is signed to Broken Bow Records subsidiary Holeshot Records. She has charted twice on the '' Billboard'' country singles charts. She is also a former member of The Farm. Biography Marie is ...

, American musical artist *

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medallist, a four-time Ontario p ...

(born 1982), Canadian curler * Krista McGee (born 1975), American author *

Krista Mikkonen Krista Johanna Mikkonen (born 15 November 1972 in Hamina, Finland) is a Finnish politician for the Green League, member of parliament, and Finland's Minister of the Interior. She lives in Joensuu, but spent her childhood in Koria. She was first ...

(born 1972), Finnish politician * Krista Mørkøre (born 1998), Faroe Islander swimmer * Krista Muir, Canadian singer * Krista R. Muis, Canadian associate professor * Krista Nell (1946–1975), Austrian film actress * Krista Ninivaggi (born 1979), American interior designer * Krista Pärmäkoski (born 1990), Finnish cross-country skier * Krista Phillips (born 1988), Canadian basketball player * Krista Pöllänen (born 1973), Finnish bowler * Krista Polvere (born 1980), Australian singer-songwriter * Krista Posch (born 1948), Italian-German television actress * Krista Ranillo (born 1982), Filipina actress *

Krista Sager Krista Sager ( Schuller; born 28 July 1953) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who served as party co-leader between 1994 and 1996, and co-leader of the Greens group in the Bundestag between 2002 and 2005. Early life and ...

(born 1953), German politician * Krista Scharf (born 1982), Canadian curler * Krista Schmidinger (born 1970), American former alpine skier *

Krista Siegfrids Kristin "Krista" Siegfrids (born 4 December 1985) is a Finnish pop singer. She represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with her entry " Marry Me". Siegfrids' debut album, named '' Ding Dong!'', was released in May 2013. As a t ...

(born 1985), Finnish singer *

Krista Belle Stewart Krista Belle Stewart is a First Nations visual artist from Canada. Stewart works in a variety of formats, using archival materials, photographs, and collage. Early life Stewart is from the Upper Nicola Band in the British Columbia interior regio ...

, Canadian artist * Krista Tervo (born 1997), Finnish athlete * Krista Tesreau (born 1964), American actress * Krista Thompson (born 1972), Canadian field hockey goalkeeper * Krista Thompson (art historian), African college professor * Krista Tippett (born 1960), American journalist * Krista Vansant (born 1993), American volleyball player *

Krista Vendy Krista Vendy is an Australian actress who played teacher Teresa "Tess" Bell on the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'' from 1999 to 2001. Personal life Vendy was born in Melbourne, Australia. Her mother Crystal is Austrian and her father Davi ...

, Australian actress and model * Krista van Velzen (born 1974), Dutch politician *

Krista Vernoff Krista Vernoff (born October 25, 1971) is an American television screenwriter, executive producer and director. She is best known for running the television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2007–11, 2017–present) and its spin-off ''Station 1 ...

(born 1974), American television screenwriter *

Krista Voda Krista Voda Kelley (born May 31, 1974) is an American sportscaster who covers auto racing as the play-by-play announcer for the ARCA Menards Series on MAVTV. She previously worked for ''NASCAR on Fox'' and '' NASCAR on Speed'' from 2003 to 2014 ...

(born 1974), American sportscaster *

Krista S. Walton Krista Shereé Walton (born ) is an American chemical engineer. She is the Robert "Bud" Moeller Faculty Fellow and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and the Associate Vice President for research operations and infrastructure at ...

, American chemical engineer *

Krista Watterworth Krista Leigh Watterworth is an American interior designer television personality who has hosted several HGTV shows such as ''Save My Bath'' (formerly ''Bad, Bad Bath'') and ''Splurge and Save''. She has also appeared as an interior design expert o ...

, American television actor * Krista White (born 1984), American model * Krista Woodward (born 1984), Canadian athlete *

Krista Marie Yu Krista Marie Yu (born October 25, 1988) is an American actress best known for her roles on television. She played the main role of Molly Park on the ABC family sitcom ''Dr. Ken''. In August 2018, it was announced that Yu would play the recurrin ...

(born 1988), American actress {{Given name Feminine given names Estonian feminine given names Finnish feminine given names Swedish feminine given names English feminine given names