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Christina
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English
Alternative forms
en Kristina
en Xtina abbreviation informal
Etymology
Name of an early martyr, shortened from en la Chrīstiāna Christian (woman). en Kirsten.
Pronunciation
en /kɹɪsˈtiːnə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christina.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
en 1811 Mary Mitford Christina, the Maid of the South Seas A.J.Valpy London 26 For never yet that maiden's woesTo check our social pleasure rose,Her joy she shares, her grief's her own,CHRISTINA CHRISTIAN weeps alone.
en 1900 Elisabeth Luther Cary The Rossettis:Dante Gabriel and Christina. Putnam's Sons 230 Her name "Christina" was derived from one of the Bonaparte family, Lady Dudley Stuart
en 2006 Richard Paul Evans Finding Noel: A Novel 168 Simon&Schuster 0743287037 She was born on Christmas Day. I wanted to name her Holly. But with the last name of Wood, your mama wouldn't go for that. So we named her Christina.
en Alexis Soloski Christina Applegate Pours One Out for ‘Dead to Me’ w:The New York Times 2022-11-01 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/arts/television/christina-applegate-dead-to-me.html 0362-4331 When Christina Applegate looks back, she can recognize the signs. https://web.archive.org/web/20221205093144/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/arts/television/christina-applegate-dead-to-me.html
Derived terms
en Christina piercing
Related terms
variants en Christian, en Christiana, en Christine, en Kirsten, en Kirsty, en Kristen, en Kristin, en Kristine
diminutives en Chris, en Chrissie, en Chrissy, en Christie, en Christy, en Kristi, en Kristie, en Kristy, en Tina
Translations
female given name
Belarusian: be Крысці́на f
Bulgarian: bg Христи́на f
Catalan: ca Cristina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克里斯蒂娜 Kèlǐsīdìnà
Czech: cs Kristína f, cs Kristýna f
Danish: da Christine
Dutch: nl Christina f
Estonian: et Kristiina
Finnish: fi Kristiina
French: fr Christine f
Galician: gl Cristina
Georgian: ka ქრისტინე
German: de Christine f
Greek: el Χριστίνα f, el Κριστίνα transliteration from English
Greenlandic: kl Kista
Hawaiian: haw Kilikina
Hungarian: hu Krisztina
Italian: it Cristina f
Japanese: ja クリスティーナ Kurisutīna
Korean: ko ^크리스티나
Latvian: lv Kristīna f, lv Kristīne f
Macedonian: mk Кристи́на f, mk Христи́на f
Marathi: mr क्रिस्टीना f
Norwegian: no Kristine f
Occitan: oc Cristina f
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Кристина f
Polish: pl Krystyna f
Portuguese: pt Cristina f
Romanian: ro Cristina f
Russian: ru Кристи́на f, ru Христи́на f
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Risten
Scottish Gaelic: gd Cairistìona
Spanish: es Cristina f
Swedish: sv Kristina
Ukrainian: uk Христи́на f
Anagrams
en achiinrst Christian trichinas
Danish
Proper noun
da female, a Latinate and Swedish type variant of da Christine
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 22 570 females with the given name Christina (compared to 7748 named Kristina) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Dutch
Etymology
nl
Pronunciation
nl /ˌkrɪsˈti.naː/
nl Nl-Christina.ogg
nl Chris ti na
nl inaː
Proper noun
f
nl female
Derived terms
nl Christa
German
Pronunciation
de [kʀɪsˈtiːna]
de De-Christina.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-at Christina.ogg Austria
de Chris ti na
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Latinate Christine
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female, Latinate variant of Kristine
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Kristina
Etymology
sv la Chrīstiāna, la Christina. First recorded in runes as kristin in the 12th century. Name of a 17th century queen of Sweden.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Christina.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
sv 1997 w:Majgull Axelsson Aprilhäxan 160 Pan 2006 9172633298 "Birgitta, Margareta och Christina", sa barnavårdstanten och skrattade ett kacklande litet besökarskratt. "Nu fattas det bara en liten Desirée för att det ska bli precis som på Haga slott..."
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 103 615 females with the given name Christina (compared to 173 259 named Kristina) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv achiinrst Christian