Christine
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from Ancient Greek (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 65 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/kɹɪsˈtiːn/(recorded in a dictionary) English · from Wiktionary
Christine is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name. Christine is also written Кристина in Cyrillic, Χριστινα in Greek and קריסטינה in Hebrew.
- ATAustria≈1 in 200(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 260
- FRFrance≈1 in 270
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Christine itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #24 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 644 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 200 (inferred from the name graph)
≈720,000 named Кристина, est.
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Christine in other scripts: Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew and 4 more
(measured from records)10 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Cristina in IT Italy, PT Portugal, Кристина in RU Russia, Krystyna in PL Poland and Kristina in SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
How to pronounce Christine
- English:/kɹɪsˈtiːn/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
- French:/kʁis.tin/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Latin Christina, feminine of Christianus, 'follower of Christ'.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
How Christine is read
(measured from records)Christine is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English69%
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French11%
From Latin Christina, feminine of Christianus, 'follower of Christ'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Du latin Christianus, « chrétienne »; fête le 24 juillet (sainte Christine).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Du grec christianos, « chrétien »; fête le 24 juillet.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Origine grecque, signifie « messie ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Christine, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Christine counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #59 | ≈720,000 est. | ≈1 in 198 | register #42 | Кристина | 213 |
| US United States | #14 | 482,596 | 1 in 689 | 482K | Christine | 644 |
| PL Poland | #15 | 383,140as Krystyna | 1 in 100 | 383K | Krystyna | 165 |
| DE Germany | #16 | ≈320,000 est. | ≈1 in 262 | listed | Christine | 286 |
| IT Italy | #25 | ≈290,000 est. | ≈1 in 202 | 112 | Cristina | 232 |
| SE Sweden | #4 | 161,876as Kristina | 1 in 63 | 162K | Kristina | 144 |
| PT Portugal | #31 | ≈80,000 est. | ≈1 in 133 | listed | Cristina | 186 |
| HU Hungary | — | 75,774as Krisztina | 1 in 129 | 76K | כריסטינה | 3 |
| AT Austria | #12 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 200 | 14K | Christine | 168 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Christine is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
French form of Christina, not much used in Britain until the end of the r9th century. Until fairly recently it was principally associated with Scotland, but now it is very popular in all parts of the English-speaking world. Short form: Chris. Pet forms: Chrissie, Chrissy, Christie, Christy, }Kirstie.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Chris Evertb. 1954USnot in their usual nameAmerican former tennis player (born 1954)
- Litab. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler
- Kaley Cuocob. 1985USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and producer (born 1985)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)120 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 65 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Christine come from?
- From Latin Christina, feminine of Christianus, 'follower of Christ'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Christine?
- In the etymology graph, Cristina, Christina and Tina are forms of the same name in other languages; Christy, Christie and Christelle are recorded short or pet forms.
- Which countries have the most people named Christine?
- Mondonomo estimates about 724 thousand people named Кристина in Russia, more than in any other country we hold. After it come United States, Poland, Germany and Italy; the country table on this page ranks them.
- Is Christine a male or female name?
- Christine is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), France (INSEE, 2024), Norway (SSB) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB), among others.
- How do you pronounce Christine?
- It depends on the language: in English /kɹɪsˈtiːn/ (Wiktionary); in French /kʁis.tin/ (Wiktionary).
- What does the name Christine mean?
- In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- How common is the name Christine?
- In the United States, the national register counted 482,596 people named Christine in 2020, about 1 in 689 residents.
- How common is Christine compared with other names?
- In Russia, Christine is the 59th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Christine?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christineThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Christine” — the 59th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.