Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile) Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile and Agatha, was the sister of Edgar Ætheling and Saint Margaret of Scotland, born in the 1040s. Cristina's nieces Edith and Mary were sent to Romsey Abbey, near Southampton, in 1086 when she was abbes ...

, 11th-century English princess *

Cristina (singer) Cristina Monet Zilkha ( Monet-Palaci, January 17, 1959 – April 1, 2020), known during her recording career simply as Cristina, was an American singer and writer, best known for her no wave recordings made for ZE Records in the late 1970s and ...

, Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American singer *

Infanta Cristina of Spain Infanta Cristina (Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad de Borbón y de Grecia, born 13 June 1965) is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to th ...

(born 1965), Spanish princess *

Cristina D'Avena Cristina D'Avena (born 6 July 1964) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has sold nearly 7 million copies of her albums. D'Avena was selected to join the prestigious Institute of Antoniano choir, following her debut, ...

(born 1964), Italian singer and actress *

Cristina Bazgan Cristina Bazgan is a French computer scientist who studies combinatorial optimization and graph theory problems from the points of view of parameterized complexity, fine-grained complexity, approximation algorithms, and regret. Bazgan earned her ...

, French computer scientist * Cristina Boiț (born 1968), Romanian discus thrower * Cristina Bowerman, Italian chef *

Cristina Butucea Cristina Butucea is a French statistician at ENSAE Paris and at the University of Paris-Est, known for her work on non-parametric statistics, density estimation, and deconvolution. Butucea completed her Ph.D. in 1999 at Pierre and Marie Curie Un ...

, French statistician *

Cristina Buarque Maria Christina Buarque de Holanda (December 23, 1950 – April 20, 2025) was a Brazilian singer and composer. She was the daughter of historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda and sister of Chico Buarque, Miúcha and Ana de Hollanda. Buarque died of ...

(1950–2025), Brazilian singer and composer *

Cristina Cini Cristina Cini (born 11 July 1969 in Florence, Tuscany), is the first Italian woman to play the role of assistant referee in Italian professional football. She made her debut in Serie B in the season 2002–03, assisting referee Antonio Dattilo in ...

(born 1969), Italian football assistant referee * Cristina Conati, Italian and Canadian computer scientist * Cristina Deutekom (1931–2014), Dutch opera singer *

Cristina Dorcioman Cristina Dorcioman (born 7 August 1974) is a Romanian football referee. On 26 July 2013, Dorcioman was announced referee for the 2013 UEFA Women's Euro Final between Germany and Norway at Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden. During the competitio ...

(born 1974), Romanian football referee *

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and former politician who served as the 56th president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice ...

(born 1953), former president of Argentina *

Cristina Fink Cristina Fink Smith (born December 12, 1964) is a psychologist and retired high jumper from Mexico, who set her personal best on May 17, 1992, jumping 1.94 meters at a meet in Mexico City. She competed for her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1964), Mexican high jumper *

Cristina Gallardo-Domâs Cristina Lourdes Gallardo-Domâs Tudezca is a Chilean-born soprano who frequently performs in operas by Puccini. She lives in Spain. Early life and education Gallardo-Domâs was born in Santiago, Chile. She studied at the Juilliard School in Ne ...

, Chilean soprano * Cristina Ionda, New Zealand-based Romanian actor and presenter *

Cristina Lasvignes Cristina Lasvignes Martín (born 9 January 1978) is a Spanish television presenter, radio broadcaster, journalist and businessperson. A journalism graduate of the Complutense University of Madrid, she began her broadcasting career in local televis ...

(born 1978), Spanish television and radio broadcaster *

Cristina Jiménez Moreta Cristina Jiménez Moreta (born 1983 or 1984) is an Ecuadoran immigration activist who co-founded United We Dream in 2008. In 2017, Jiménez Moreta was named a MacArthur Fellow and won the Freedom From Fear Award. Jiménez was included in ''Ti ...

(born 1984), Ecuadoran immigration activist who co-founded

United We Dream United We Dream is a left-wing nonprofit immigrant advocacy organization with chapters operating in 28 U.S. states. The organization is an "immigrant-youth-led network" of 400,000 members in 100 local groups. The group was involved in advocacy s ...

Cristina Narbona María Cristina Narbona Ruiz (born 29 July 1951) is a Spanish politician who served as First Vice President of the Senate. She also presides over the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). From 18 April 2004 to April 2008, she served as Min ...

(born 1951), Spanish Minister of Environment *

Cristina Odone Cristina Patricia Odone (born 11 November 1960) is an Italian-British journalist, editor, and writer. She is the founder and chair of the Parenting Circle Charity. Odone is formerly the Editor of '' The Catholic Herald'', Deputy Editor of the ...

(born 1960), Italian journalist, editor, and writer *

Cristina Perez (judge) Cristina Perez (born October 27, 1968) is an American actress, television personality, writer and TV judge. Biography Perez was born in New York City to parents of Colombian descent, and raised in California. She received two BAs at UCLA and he ...

(born 1964), American TV judge *

Cristina Pérez (reporter) Cristina Pérez (born August 17, 1973 in San Miguel de Tucumán) is an Argentine television news journalist. Since 2002, she has worked alongside Rodolfo Barilli, as news anchor of Telefe's Telefe Noticias a las 20 ("Telefe News at 8 PM"). Care ...

(born 1973), Argentine television news journalist *

Cristina Pucelli Cristina Pucelli (, born June 11, 1969) is an American voice actress. She is best known for her voices in animated series and video games. Early life and education Pucelli was born to a family of second-generation Italian immigrants. She studie ...

(born 1969), American voice actress *

Cristina Rosato Cristina Rosato (born January 6, 1983) is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in TV series such as ''Rookie Blue'', '' Trauma'' and ''Turner and Hooch''. Early life Rosato studied acting at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angel ...

(born 1983), Canadian actress *

Cristina Saralegui Cristina María Saralegui de Ávila (born Cristina María Saralegui Santamarina; January 29, 1948) is a Cuban-born American journalist, television personality, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, '. Before her tele ...

(born 1948), host of the Univision talk show ''El Show de Cristina'' *

Cristina Scabbia Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia (; born 6 June 1972) is an Italian singer. She is one of the two vocalists of gothic metal band Lacuna Coil. Scabbia used to write an advice column in the rock magazine ''Revolver'', alongside musician Vinnie P ...

(born 1972), Italian singer, vocalist of Lacuna Coil *

Cristina Scarlat Cristina Scarlat (; born 3 March 1981) is a Moldovan pop singer. She was born in Chișinău and represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Eur ...

(born 1981), Moldovan singer *

Cristina Stenbeck Cristina Mayville Stenbeck, (born 27 September 1977 in New York City, United States,) is a Swedish business woman and investor. She is a major shareholder and former executive chairman of Kinnevik AB, one of the largest investment companies in ...

(born 1977), Swedish businesswoman *

Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo (born 2 January 1948) is a Spanish People's Party politician and environmentalist who served a single term as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2004. She was the g ...

(born 1948), Spanish politician and environmentalist *

Cristina Torrens Valero Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles titles on WTA Tour. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002. ...

(1974), Spanish professional tennis player *

Cristina Zenato Cristina Zenato is an Italian-born shark diver and conservationist. She is known for her work with Caribbean reef sharks in The Bahamas. Early life Zenato was born in Italy in 1971. Her father was a special forces military diver. She was raise ...

(born 1971), Italian shark diver

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* Albert Cristina (born 1970), Dutch volleyball player *

Dolores Cristina Dolores Cristina (born January 10, 1949Page at Maltese Depart ...

(born 1949), Maltese Minister of Education, Employment and Family

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*Cristina Rosales, from the novel trilogy '' The Dark Artifices'' by Cassandra Clare *

Cristina Yang Cristina Yang, Doctor of Medicine, M.D., Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., F.A.C.S. is a fictional character from the medical drama television series ''Grey's Anatomy'', which has aired for 20 seasons on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the ...

, from the TV series ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...

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