Cristina
About Cristina
Cristina is one case where the streamlined version feels more alluring. Cristina is found more often than Christina in many European countries and cultures, including Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Latin and South America.
In the US, about 300 baby girls were named Christina last year and a little more than half that many, 163, got the Cristina spelling.
Pronounced kris-TEE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Cristina ranked #1622 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #163 in 1986.
Editor's take: The name Cristina is a girl's name of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese origin meaning "a Christian".
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Cristina on lists
Famous Cristinas
- Cristina Elisabet Fernandez de Kirchner
52nd President of Argentina
- Cristina Adriana Chiara Scabbia
Italian singer of metal band Lacuna Coil
- Cristina Maria Saralegui
Cuban,American journalist and TV presenter
- Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso
Italian princess and revolutionary
- Cristina Scarlat
Moldovan pop singer
- (Maria) Cristina Diaz Salazar
Mexican politician
- Cristina Teuscher
American Olympic swimmer
- Cristina Fray
English actress
- Cristina D'Avena
Italian singer/actress
- Cristina Deutekom
Dutch operatic soprano
- Cristina Perez
American TV judge
- Cristina Torrens Valero
Spanish tennis player
- Cristina Weigmann
woman with cancer featured in documentary "Cristina"
Cristina in pop culture
- Cristina Yang
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Cristina
main character in film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
- "Cristina
" 1946 Argentine movie and main character
- Cristina Rosales
character from "The Dark Artifices" by Cassandra Clare
- Cristina Quadri/Sofia Lombardi
main character from the Argentinian film "Captive"