Christina or Cristina is a feminine given name. It is a simplified form of the
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
Christiana, and a feminine form of Christianus or a Latinized form of the Middle English
Christin
Christin is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Ann-Christin Ahlberg (born 1957), Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party
* Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 1948), Swedish Social Democratic politician
*Christin Cooper (born 1 ...
'Christian' (Old English christen, from Latin).. Short forms include Chris and Tina. The name is ultimately derived from the original Greek form of the name Χριστίνα.
Variant forms
Alternative forms of the name, including spelling variations, nicknames and diminutive forms, include:
*Ying Chistinping (
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
)
*Chislee (
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
)
*Christnah (
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
n)
*Cairistìona (
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
Gujarati
Gujarati may refer to:
* something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India
* Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat
* Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
* Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
*
* ...
, Nepali, Hindi)
*Krisṭinā (క్రిస్టినా) (
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
)
*Risten (
Northern Sami
Northern may refer to the following:
Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a ra ...
Tina
Tina may refer to:
People
*Tina (given name), people and fictional characters with the given name ''Tina''
Places
*Tina, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
*Tina, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia
* Tina, Guadalcanal, Solomon ...
Saint Christina (disambiguation) Saint Christina or Christine may refer to:
*Saint Christina of Persia, 6th century (feast day: March 13)
*Saint Christina of Bolsena (''Christina of Tyre, Christina the Great Martyr''), (feast day: July 24)
*Saint Christina the Astonishing (1150– ...
, several people with the name
*
Christina the Astonishing
Christina the Astonishing (c.1150 – 24 July 1224), also known as Christina Mirabilis, was a Christian holy woman born in Brustem (near Sint-Truiden), Belgium. She was considered a saint in her own time, and for centuries following her deat ...
(1150–1224), also known as 'Christina Mirabilis', a Christian holy-woman of Belgium, and Haines
;Historical figures
*
Christina of Markyate
Christina of Markyate was born with the name Theodora in Huntingdon, England, about 1096–1098 and died about 1155. She was an anchoress, who came from a wealthy English family trying to accommodate with the Normans at that time. She later bec ...
(1096-1155), English abbess and mystic
* Christina of the Isles ( fl. 1290–1318), Scottish noblewoman
*
Christina Marshall Colville
Christina Marshall Colville (, Christian Downie; April 10, 1852 – January 7, 1936) was a Scottish temperance leader. She served as president of the British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) (Scottish Christian Union).
Biography
Christia ...
(1852-1936), Scottish temperance leader
*
Christina Gyllenstierna
Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna of Fogelvik (Swedish: ''Kristina'' or ''Kerstin'': 1494 – January 1559, Hörningsholm Castle) was a Swedish noblewoman. She was married to the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger, and led the Swedish res ...
(1494–1559), Swedish national heroine
* Maria Kristina Kiellström (1744–1789), Swedish silk manufacturer
*
Christina Rauscher
Christina Rauscher (1570-1618) was a German official and critic of witchcraft persecutions.
Life
Christina Rauscher was the daughter of the rich textile merchant and brewer Martin Gerber of Horb and Anna Kurner, and the rich hotelier Horber Johan ...
(1570-1618), German official and critic of witch trials
*
Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Brit ...
(1830–1894), English poet
*
Christina Doreothea Stuart
Christina Doreothea Stuart, known under her stage name Madame Stuart (died after 1774), was a dancer, equilibrist, singer and musician active in Norway. She played an important part in Norwegian cultural history; she is noted as a pioneer figure of ...
(fl. 1774), Norwegian artist
;Royalty
* Kristina Abrahamsdotter (1432–1492), Queen of Sweden 1470
*
Christina of Denmark
Christina of Denmark ( da, Christine af Danmark; November 1521 – 10 December 1590) was a Danish princess, the younger surviving daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria. By her two marriages, she became Du ...
(1521–1590), Danish princess
*
Christina of Sweden
Christina ( sv, Kristina, 18 December ( New Style) 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death ...
(1626–1689), Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654
*
Princess Christina of the Netherlands
Princess Christina of the Netherlands (Maria Christina; 18 February 1947 – 16 August 2019) was the youngest of four daughters of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
Early life
Princess Christina, who wa ...
, Dutch princess
*
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson
Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson, (''Christina Louise Helena'', born 3 August 1943) is the youngest of the four older sisters of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. She generally uses the name Christina Magnuson.
Early l ...
, Swedish princess
*
Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina Henriette Desideria Felicitas Raineria of Austria ( es, María Cristina de Habsburgo-Lorena; 21 July 1858 – 6 February 1929) was the second queen consort of Alfonso XII of Spain. She was queen regent during the vacancy of the ...
*
Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen
Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia; 13 May 1742 – 24 June 1798), was the fifth child of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. Married in 1766 to Prince Albert of Saxony, the co ...
*
Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (disambiguation) Maria Christina may refer to:
* Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania (1574–1621), Princess, briefly sovereign Princess regnant, of Transylvania, by marriage to Sigismund Báthory
* Maria Christina Alexandra, or Queen Christina of Sweden (162 ...
Christina of Milan
Christina of Denmark ( da, Christine af Danmark; November 1521 – 10 December 1590) was a Danish princess, the younger surviving daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria. By her two marriages, she became Du ...
Christina Höj Larsen
Christina Höj Larsen (born 1971) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, she represented Västernorrland County
Västernorrland County ( sv, Västernorrlands län) is a ...
(born 1971), Swedish politician
*
Christina Liew
Datuk Christina Liew (also known as Liew Chin Jin; ) (born 14 September 1952) is a Hong Kong-born Malaysian politician who has served as the State Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment of Sabah for the second term in the Gabungan Rakya ...
(born 1951), Malaysian politician
*
Christina Liu
Christina Liu (; born 7 April 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. She was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2001, and served until 2007. Subsequently, Liu led the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 2010 to 2012, when she was ...
(born 1955), Taiwanese politician
*
Christina Jordan
Christina Sheila Jordan is a Malaysian-born British politician. She served as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 2019 to 2020.
Early life
Christina Sheila Jordan was born in Malaysia. She worked a ...
(born 1962), British politician
*
Cristina Kirchner
Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess
*Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American s ...
(born 1953), President of Argentina (2007-2015)
*
Christina McKelvie
Christina McKelvie (born 4 March 1968) is a Scottish politician who has served as Minister for Equalities and Older People since 2018. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for t ...
(born 1968), British politician
*
Christina Rees
Christina Rees (born 21 February 1954) is a Member of Parliament who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn from 2017 to 2020. She has been MP for Neath since 2015. Rees was elected as a Welsh Lab ...
(born 1954), British politician
* Christina Stumpp (born 1987), German politician
;Entertainers
*
Christina Aguilar
Christina Aguilar ( th, คริสติน่า อากีล่าร์) (born 31 October 1966) is a Thai singer known as the ''Thai Queen of Dance''. Her debut album ''Ninja'' was certified platinum for 1 million copies sold – a fir ...
(born 1966), Thai pop singer
*
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera (; ; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Known for her four-octave vocal range and ability to sustain high notes, she has been referred to as the " Voice of ...
(born 1980), American pop singer
*
Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress. As a child actress, she gained recognition for starring as Kelly Bundy in the Fox sitcom '' Married... with Children'' (1987–1997). Applegate established a successful film an ...
(born 1971), American actress
* Christina Christian (born 1981), American singer
*
Christina Cole
Christina Cole (born 8 May 1982) is an English actress known for portraying Cassie Hughes in the Sky One supernatural television series '' Hex''.
Early life
Born in London, Cole is the eldest of three siblings. She has a younger sister, Cassand ...
(born 1982), English actress
*
Christina Grimmie
Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, 1994 – June 10, 2016) was an American singer and YouTuber. In 2009, she began posting covers of popular songs onto YouTube. After releasing her debut EP, '' Find Me'' (2011), her YouTube channel reached ...
(1994-2016), American singer
*
Christina Hendricks
Christina Rene Hendricks (born May 3, 1975) is an American actress and former model. With an extensive career on screen and stage, she has received various accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awa ...
Christina Metaxa
Christina Metaxa (Greek: Χριστίνα Μεταξά; born 4 April 1992) is a Greek-Cypriot singer and songwriter. Her elder brother, Nikolas Metaxas, is also a singer and won second place in the Greek version of ''The X Factor''. Her brother ...
(born 1992), Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter
*
Christina Milian
Christine Marie Flores (born September 26, 1981), better known as Christina Milian (), is an American actress and singer. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but raised in Maryland, she signed a contract with Murder Inc. Records at the age of 19. ...
(born 1981), American pop singer
*
Christina Moore
Christina Moore (born April 12, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, fashion designer, model and screenwriter. She was in the main cast of the sketch comedy series ''MADtv'', played Laurie Forman on ''That '70s Show'' during its sixth sea ...
(born 1973), American actress
*
Christina Perri
Christina Judith Perri (born August 19, 1986) is an American singer and songwriter. After her debut single "Jar of Hearts" was featured on the television series ''So You Think You Can Dance'' in 2010, Perri signed with Atlantic Records and releas ...
(born 1986), American singer
*
Christina Pickles
Christina Pickles (born 17 February 1935) is a British-American actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the NBC medical drama '' St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Em ...
(born 1935), English/American actress
*
Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci ( ; born February 12, 1980) is an American actress. Known for playing unusual characters with a dark edge, Ricci predominantly works in independent productions, but has also appeared in numerous box office hits. She has receiv ...
Christina Vidal
Christina Vidal is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in films such as '' Life with Mikey'', ''Brink!'', ''Freaky Friday'', '' See No Evil'' and for her role in Nickelodeon sitcom '' Taina'', in which she played the ...
(born 1981), American actress
;Sportspeople
*
Christina Ashcroft
Christina Ashcroft (born 28 June, 1964) is a Canadian sport shooter.
Ashcroft participated in the Summer Olympics in 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992.
She participated at the 1994 Commonwealt ...
(born 1964), Canadian sport shooter
*
Christina Bernardi
Christina Bernardi (born 7 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Bernadi was drafted by Collingwood in 2017 and was selected in the 2018 AFL Women's All-Aus ...
(born 1990), Australian footballer
*
Christina Bourmpou
Christina Ioanna Bourmpou ( el, Χριστίνα Μπούρμπου; born 21 October 2000) is a Greek rower from Thessaloniki. Along with Maria Kyridou, she won four gold medals for Greece in just over four months. The last one, was the gold me ...
(born 2000), Greek rower
*
Christina Boxer
Christina Tracy Boxer-Cahill (born 25 March 1957) is a retired female middle distance athlete from England. She represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 and trained at Aldershot, Farn ...
(born 1957), English middle-distance runner
*
Christina Crawford (wrestler)
Christina Crawford (born October 17, 1988) is an American cheerleader, dancer, and former ring announcer and professional wrestler who worked for WWE under the ring name Caylee Turner. She is the younger sister of professional wrestler Alicia ...
(born 1988), American dancer, wrestler, and WWE Diva
* Christina Dragan (born 2007), Romanian-American rhythmic gymnast
* Christina Giazitzidou (born 1989), Greek rower
*
Christina Ioannidi
Christina Ioannidi (original name: Χριστίνα Ιωαννίδη, born ) was a Soviet Union born Greek female weightlifter, competing in the 75 kg category and represented Greece at international competitions.
She participated at the 2004 S ...
(born 1982), Soviet-Greek weightlifter
* Hristina Kokotou, Greek race walker
* Christina Kotsia (born 1994), Greek water polo player
*
Christína Papadáki
Christína Papadáki ( el, Χριστίνα Παπαδάκη) (born 24 February 1973) is a former tennis player from Greece who turned professional in 1989.
Her biggest career achievement was reaching the final of the Copa Colsanitas Seguros ...
(born 1973), Greek tennis player
* Christina Sandberg (born 1948), Swedish tennis player
*
Christina Thalassinidou
Christina Thalassinidou (born 31 July 1970) is a Soviet and later Greek former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1988, 1992, 2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United S ...
(born 1970), Soviet-Greek synchronized swimmer
*
Christina Von Eerie
Christina Maria Kardooni (born August 28, 1989) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Christina Von Eerie. She has worked for various promotions, including the American Global Force Wrestling (GFW), Pro Wrestling Guer ...
(born Christina Kardooni, 1989), American wrestler
*
Christina Wheeler
Christina Wheeler (born 15 April 1982) is an Australian retired tennis player.
Her highest WTA singles ranking is 147, which she reached on 26 May 2003. Her career high in doubles is 91, achieved on 8 July 2002. Wheeler won three ITF singles t ...
(born 1982), Australian tennis player
*
Christina Yannetsos
Christina Yannetsos (born May 7, 1983) is a female judoka from the United States, who won the silver medal in the women's middleweight division (– 70 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the fina ...
(born 1983), American judoka
*
Christina Zachariadou
Christina Zachariadou ( gr, Χριστίνα Ζαχαριάδου; born 28 August 1974) is a retired Greek tennis player.
In her career, she won three singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 October 2003, she reached ...
(born 1974), Greek tennis player
;Other
* Cristina Rodríguez Cabral (born 1959), Uruguayan poet, researcher, and Afro-Uruguayan activist
*
Christina Crawford
Christina Crawford is an American author and actress, best known for her 1978 memoir and exposé, ''Mommie Dearest'', which described her abusive relationship with her adoptive mother, film star Joan Crawford.
Early life and education
Christi ...
, author and actress who was abused by adoptive mother Joan Crawford
*
Christina Dodwell
Christina Dodwell FRGS (born 1 February 1951) is a British explorer, travel writer, and lecturer. She is Chairman of the Dodwell Trust and was awarded the Mungo Park Medal in 1989.'DODWELL, Christina', in ''Who's Who 2009'', (London: A. & C. Blac ...
(born 1951), explorer and travel writer
*
Cristina García Rodero
Cristina García Rodero (born 14 October 1949) is a Spanish photographer and member of Magnum Photos and Agence Vu photo agencies.
Life and work
Rodero was born in Puertollano, Spain, in 1949, and studied painting at Complutense University of Mad ...
Christina Hoff Sommers
Christina Marie Hoff Sommers (born 1950) is an American author and philosopher. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
(born 1950), American author and philosopher
*
Christina Katrakis
Christina Katrakis is an International coordinator and curator, writer, artist, Ambassador for the Foundation for United Nations SDG, in charge of the Humanitarian Aid Base FFUNSDG-HELP.UA in Vorokhta, Ukraine as an Ambassador for Internationa ...
(born 1980), American artist
*
Christina Lekka
Christina Lekka ( el, Χριστίνα Λέκκα, born c. 1972) is a Greek model and beauty queen who became the first and only woman from her country to win the Miss International pageant.
B Miss Hellas
She won the "Ellinida" 1994 title ( el, Ε ...
(born c. 1972) Greek fashion model
* Christina McAnea (born 1958), British trade union leader
*
Christina Onassis
Christina Onassis ( el, Χριστίνα Ωνάση; 11 December 1950 – 19 November 1988) was a Greek businesswoman, socialite, and heiress to the Onassis fortune. She was the only daughter of Aristotle Onassis and Athina Mary Livanos.
...
, Greek shipping heiress
*
Christina Tosi
Christina Tosi (born 1981) is an American chef and cookbook author. She is founder and co-owner with Momofuku of Milk Bar and serves as its chef and CEO. ''Food & Wine'' magazine included her in their 2014 list of "Most Innovative Women in Food ...
, American chef, author, and TV personality
*
Christina Twomey
Christina Louise Twomey, is an Australian historian and academic.
Education and career
Twomey was born in Queensland and attended Mac.Robertson Girls' High School in Melbourne. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of ...
Hawthorne
Hawthorne often refers to the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Hawthorne may also refer to:
Places
Australia
*Hawthorne, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
Canada
* Hawthorne Village, Ontario, a suburb of Milton, Ontario
United States
* Hawt ...
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* Christina Berg (usually called Chris), in the Norwegian TV show'' Skam''
* Christina Gallagher, a character from the US TV series ''
House of Cards
A house of cards (also known as a card tower or card castle) is a structure created by stacking playing cards on top of each other, often in the shape of a pyramid. "House of cards" is also an Expression (language), expression that dates back to ...
''
* Christina Parsons (later Russell), the central character of the ''
Flambards
''Flambards'' is a novel for children or young adults by K. M. Peyton, first published by Oxford University Press in 1967 with illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Alternatively, "Flambards" is the trilogy (1967–1969) or series (1967–1981) name ...
'' trilogy by
K. M. Peyton
Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton (born 2 August 1929), who writes primarily as K. M. Peyton, is a British author of fiction for children and young adults.
She has written more than fifty novels including the much loved " Flambards" series of storie ...
and the
TV series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed betw ...