Krista is a female given name, a mostly North European ( Finland, Estonia and

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) variant of the male name

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

. The name Krista can be spelled with a "Ch", making it Christa. It means "Follower of Christ".

People named Krista

* Krista Allen (born 1971), American actress *

Krista Aru Krista Aru (born 1 August 1958 in Pagari village, Ida-Viru County) is an Estonian historian of journalism, museologist, politician. She has been member of XIII Riigikogu. In 1981 she graduated from Tartu University in journalism. In 2010 she fin ...

(born 1958), Estonian historian, museologist and politician *

Krista Benjamin Krista Benjamin (born 1970, Truckee, California) is an American poet and writer. Her poem, “Letter from My Ancestors” was selected by Guest Editor Billy Collins for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 2006. Additional poems and stories a ...

(born 1970), American poet *

Krista Blunk Krista Lee Blunk acts as a play-by-play broadcaster or an analyst for Pac-12 Network, Westwood One, and ESPN covering women's soccer, women's volleyball, softball, and women's basketball. In addition to the networks above, she has been a sideline re ...

, American sports analyst * Krista Branch, American singer * Krista Bridge, Canadian writer * Krista Bridges (born 1968), Canadian actress *

Krista Buecking Krista Buecking (born 1982) is a Canadian visual artist. Biography Krista Buecking was born in Brampton, Ontario in 1982, and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. From 2002 to 2007, she attended Guelph University in Guelph, Ontario, and i ...

(born 1982), Canadian visual artist *

Krista Davey Krista Bobo (née Davey; born January 20, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player. A pacey winger, she represented the Washington Freedom and New York Power of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). Professional career Bobo wa ...

(born 1978), American soccer player * Krista Detor (born 1969), American singer *

Krista Donnenwirth Krista Lynn Donnenwirth (born June 12, 1989) is an All-American softball player. She attended Capistrano Valley High School. After graduating from high school, she went on to attend Arizona State University, where she plays shortstop and third ba ...

(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 Hali ...

(born 1973), Canadian-American engineer *

Krista DuChene Krista Duchene (born January 9, 1977) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the marathon. History In 2010, DuChene won the national Canadian title In 2013, DuChene won the Canadian Half Marathon Championships at the Banque Scot ...

(born 1977), Canadian athlete *

Krista Erickson Krista Erickson is a Canadian former broadcast journalist. From April 2011 until January 2013, she served as the principal daytime anchor for the Sun News Network hosting the program, ''Canada Live'' from the channel's Toronto studios. Prior to j ...

, Canadian broadcaster *

Krista Errickson Krista Anne Errickson (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, writer and producer who appeared in films and television productions in the 1980s and 1990s. As a teen actress, she is most recognized for ...

(born 1964), American actress *

Krista Fanedl Krista Fanedl (born 1 August 1941) is a Slovenian alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and com ...

(born 1941), Slovenian alpine skier *

Krista Ford Krista Ford Haynes ( Ford; born September 13, 1991) is a former Canadian professional women's American football player and conspiracy theorist. She is a daughter of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and niece of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. She ...

(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 ...

, American statistician *

Krista Griffith Krista Mollee Griffith (born October 4, 1972) is an American politician. She is as a member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 12. Griffith was elected in the general election on November 6, 2018, winning 53 percent ...

(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 ...

(born 1980), Canadian rower *

Krista Harris Krista Harris (died 2006) was a much admired producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She was key on many initiatives in New Media, including a CBC.ca redesign, and the launching of the corporation's podcasts and satellite radio serv ...

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

(born 1950), Belgian architectural historian * Krista Kelly (born 1977), Canadian model and actress * Krista Kilburn-Steveskey (born 1968), American basketball player *

Krista Kilvet Krista Kilvet (; May 31, 1946 – January 21, 2009) was an Estonian radio journalist, politician and diplomat. Biography Kilvet was born on May 31, 1946, in Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia. She graduated from the University of Tartu with a major in Eng ...

(1946–2009), Estonian journalist * Krista Kim, Canadian contemporary artist *

Krista Lee Kinsman Krista Lee Kinsman (born ) is a Canadian retired volleyball player, who played as a wing spiker. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Women's World Cha ...

(born 1978), Canadian volleyball player * Krista Kiuru (born 1974), Finnish politician * Krista Kleiner (born 1989), American entertainer * Krista Kosonen (born 1983), Finnish actress *

Krista Kostial-Šimonović Krista Kostial-Šimonović (19 December 1923 – 29 April 2018) was a Croatian physician and academic who researched the effects of human exposure to heavy metals and toxicity. She was elected as an associate member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sci ...

(1923–2018), Croatian physician *

Krista Kruuv Krista Kruuv (born 8 June 1971) is an Estonian sailor. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly refer ...

(born 1971), Estonian sport sailor *

Krista Lavíčková Krista Lavíčková (December 15, 1917–August 11, 1944) was a Czech secretary who fought against Nazism with the German Resistance group, the European Union. She was arrested on September 3, 1943 and was tried along with her father, Paul Hatschek ...

(1917-1944), Czech secretary *

Krista Lepik Krista Lepik (born 26 April 1964) is a retired Estonian biathlete. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vi ...

(born 1964), Estonian biathlete * Krista Marie, American musical artist * Krista McCarville (born 1982), Canadian curler *

Krista McGee Krista McGee (born in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American young adult Christian fiction A Christian novel is a Christian literary novel which features Christian media genre conventions. The tradition of Christian fiction Christian novels are w ...

(born 1975), American author * Krista Mikkonen (born 1972), Finnish politician *

Krista Mørkøre Krista Mørkøre is a Faroe Islander swimmer, who competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics as the only member of her country's delegation. Career In 2007, Krista Mørkøre developed a cerebral edema, causing her brain to swell. This resulted in pa ...

(born 1998), Faroe Islander swimmer *

Krista Muir Krista Muir is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist based in Montreal, Quebec. She initially used the stage name and persona of Lederhosen Lucil, but in 2007, she also began recording and performing under her own name. She plays ...

, Canadian singer *

Krista R. Muis Krista Renee Muis is a Canadian professor and Canada Research Chair in epistemic cognition and self-regulated learning at McGill University. Muis was elected a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018. Early ...

, Canadian associate professor *

Krista Nell Krista Nell (1946–1975) was an Austrian film actress. Born Doris Kristanel, Krista Nell debuted in French cinema, then moved to Rome where became a minor starlet in Italian genre films, especially Spaghetti Westerns and commedie sexy all'itali ...

(1946–1975), Austrian film actress *

Krista Ninivaggi Krista Ninivaggi is a New York-based interior designer who primarily works in hospitality design. She is one of the few designers named by ''Contract Magazine'' as its Designer of the Year while still in her 30s. During her time at Rockwell Group ...

(born 1979), American interior designer * Krista Pärmäkoski (born 1990), Finnish cross-country skier *

Krista Phillips Krista Lynn Phillips (born May 18, 1988) is a Canadian former basketball centre, who last played for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL. Career Michigan Wolverines In her junior year at University of Michigan, Phillips earned her thi ...

(born 1988), Canadian basketball player *

Krista Pöllänen Krista Pöllänen is a Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish p ...

(born 1973), Finnish bowler *

Krista Polvere Krista Polvere is an Australian-born singer/songwriter from Adelaide, but resides in Melbourne, Australia. Polvere moved to Sydney at a young age to study acting and music. Polvere's father, a former band manager, immigrated from Naples, Italy a ...

(born 1980), Australian singer-songwriter *

Krista Posch Krista Posch (10 January 1948 in Bolzano, Italy) is an Italian-German television actress. Awards * 1983: Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf The Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf is a German ...

(born 1948), Italian-German television actress *

Krista Ranillo Cristalle Lauren Tupaz Ranillo-Lim (born 10 December 1984), known professionally as Krista Ranillo, is a Filipino actress. She comes from a "showbiz family" and earned her degree in 2007. In 2010 she married businessman Nino Jefferson Lim in a J ...

(born 1982), Filipina actress * Krista Sager (born 1953), German politician *

Krista Scharf 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 ...

(born 1982), Canadian curler *

Krista Schmidinger Krista Schmidinger (born 18 May 1970 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Gam ...

(born 1970), American former alpine skier * Krista Siegfrids (born 1985), Finnish singer * Krista Belle Stewart, Canadian artist *

Krista Tervo Krista Katariina Tervo (born 15 November 1997 in Kotka) is a Finnish athlete specialising in the hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot p ...

(born 1997), Finnish athlete * Krista Tesreau (born 1964), American actress *

Krista Thompson Krista Thompson (born June 15, 1972 in Chatham, New Brunswick) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned a total number of 19 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. She was a student (Master's Degr ...

(born 1972), Canadian field hockey goalkeeper *

Krista Thompson (art historian) Krista Thompson is an art historian. She serves as Weinberg College Board of Visitors Professor and Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University. Her work focuses on modern Modern may refer to: History * Modern hist ...

, African college professor *

Krista Tippett Krista Tippett ( née Weedman; born November 9, 1960) is an American journalist, author, and entrepreneur. She created and hosts the public radio program and podcast ''On Being''. In 2014, Tippett was awarded the National Humanities Medal by U.S. ...

(born 1960), American journalist *

Krista Vansant Krista Vansant (born March 31, 1993) is a volleyball player and coach who played collegiately for Washington Huskies women's volleyball, Washington. In 2022, she was named as the assistant coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini women's volleyball ...

(born 1993), American volleyball player * Krista Vendy, Australian actress and model *

Krista van Velzen Krista van Velzen (born 15 September 1974) is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2010 she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Socialist Party. Career Krista van Velzen was born in St. Nicolaasga in Friesland. While in sec ...

(born 1974), Dutch politician * Krista Vernoff (born 1974), American television screenwriter * Krista Voda (born 1974), American sportscaster * Krista S. Walton, American chemical engineer * Krista Watterworth, American television actor * Krista White (born 1984), American model *

Krista Woodward Krista Woodward (born 22 November 1984) is Canadian track and field athlete specialising in the javelin throw. She won the gold medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francop ...

(born 1984), Canadian athlete * Krista Marie Yu (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