Christa
Christa , also Crista or Krista , is a variant of the female given name Christiane . For the origin and meaning see there. The name also occurs as a family name.
distribution
In the late 1920s the popularity of the name Christa rose sharply. From the mid-thirties to the end of the forties, the name was one of the ten most frequently given female first names. Its popularity fell sharply at the end of the fifties, and since the end of the sixties girls have hardly been called Christa.
First names
A.
- Krista Allen (* 1971), American actress
B.
- Christa Berndl (1932–2017), Bavarian theater and folk actress
- Christa Biederbick (* 1940), German graphic artist and sculptor
C.
- Christa Campbell (* 1972), American actress
- Christa Czekay (1944–2017), German athlete
- Christa Czempiel (1925-2007), German politician (SPD)
E.
- Christa Elsner-Solar (* 1946), German politician (SPD)
- Christa Estenfeld (* 1947), German visual artist and writer
F.
- Krista Federspiel (* 1941), Austrian medical journalist and author
- Christa Feuerberg (* 1955), German artist
- Crista Flanagan (* 1976), American actress
G
- Christa Gangl (* 1948), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Christa Gießler (* 1954), German-speaking writer
- Christa Goetsch (* 1952), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Christa Götz (* 1948), Bavarian farmer and politician (CSU)
H
- Christa Hackenesch (1953–2008), German philosopher
- Christa Hammerl (* 1957), Austrian historian and geographer
- Christa Hauer-Fruhmann (1925–2013), Austrian painter
- Christa Heilmann (* 1946), German speech scientist
- Christa Hein (* 1955), German writer
- Christa Häussler (* 1962 or 1964), German actress, radio play and voice actress
J
- Christa Johannsen (1914–1981), German writer
K
- Krista Keller , also Christa Keller (1931–1988), German actress and theater director
- Christa Köhler (* 1951), German diver
- Christa Kinshofer (* 1961), German ski racer
- Christa Kirschbaum (* 1961), German church musician
- Christa Kleinhans (* 1937), German soccer player
- Christa Kowalski , German radio play director
L.
- Christa Lehmann (actress) (1921–1992), German actress
- Christa Lehmann (serial killer) (* 1922), German serial killer
- Krista Lepik (* 1964), Estonian biathlete
- Christa Linder (* 1943), German actress
- Christa Luding-Rothenburger (* 1959), German speed skater and cyclist
M.
- Christa Maar (* 1939), German art historian, screenwriter and director
- Christa Markwalder Bär (* 1975), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Christa Matschl (* 1943), Bavarian politician (CSU)
- Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), American teacher and astronaut
- Christa Moering (1916–2013), German painter and gallery owner
N
- Christa Naaß (* 1955), German politician (SPD)
- Christa Nebenführ (* 1960), Austrian writer, actress and journalist
- Christa Nickels (* 1952), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Christa Näher (* 1947), German artist (painting, drawings)
P
- Christa Peikert-Flaspöhler (* 1927), German writer
- Christa Perathoner (* 1987), Italian biathlete
- Christa Peters (probably 1933–1981), German photographer
- Christa Prets (* 1947), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
- Christa Prinzing (* 1944 or 1945), German ski racer
R.
- Christa Ratzenböck (* 1972), Upper Austrian mezzo-soprano
- Christa Reich (* 1937), German church musician, Protestant theologian and university teacher
- Christa Reichard (* 1955), German politician (CDU)
- Christa Reichwaldt (* 1955), German politician (Die Linke)
- Christa Reinig (1926–2008), German writer
- Christa Rockstroh (* 1953), German actress
- Christa Rohde-Dachser (* 1937), German sociologist, psychoanalyst
S.
- Krista Sager (* 1953), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Christa Schroeder (politician) (1913–1988), German politician (CDU)
- Christa Schroeder (secretary) (1908–1984), from 1933 to 1945 Adolf Hitler's secretary
- Christa Schuenke (* 1948), German literary translator
- Christa Schäpertöns (* 1981), German soccer player
- Christa von Seckendorff (* 1970), German artist
- Christa Siems (1916–1990), German folk actress
- Krista Stadler (* 1942), Austrian actress
- Christa Steiger (* 1951), German politician (SPD)
- Christa Stubnick (* 1933), German athlete
T
- Krista Tesreau (born 1964), American actress
- Christa Thoben (* 1941), German politician (CDU)
- Christa von Thurn und Taxis (* 1941), President of the Bavarian Red Cross since 2003
- Christa Tobler (* 1961), Swiss legal scholar
V
- Christa Vahlensieck (* 1949), German long-distance runner
- Christa Vennegerts (1951-2010), German politician (B'90 / Greens)
- Christa Vogel (1943–2005), German translator of Polish and Russian literature
- Christa Vossschulte (* 1944), German CDU politician
W.
- Christa Wehling (1928–1996), German folk actress
- Christa Wiese (* 1967), German athlete
- Christa Williams (1926–2012), German pop singer
- Christa Winsloe (1888–1944), German-Hungarian writer, screenwriter and playwright
- Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German writer
Z
- Christa Zechmeister (* 1957), German ski racer
- Christa Zeuch (* 1941), German author for children and young people
family name
- Emanuel Christa (chronicler) (1794–1875), German administrator and chronicler
- Emanuel Christa (geologist) (1874–1948), German geologist and mountaineer
- Josef Christa (1877–1951), priest, art historian and local researcher
Others
- Christa (asteroid) , asteroid 1015 of the main belt
- Christa (genus) , a genus of locusts
- The beautiful Krista , documentary by Antje Schneider and Carsten Waldbauer from 2013