Christine
Christine is a female given name . The name is derived (like Christian or Christiane ) from the Greek word χριστός christós (the anointed), "christa" (the anointed) and figuratively means the Christian : follower of faith in Jesus Christ .
distribution
The development of the popularity of the names Christine and Christina ran roughly parallel in Germany at an interval of about 15 years. At the turn of the century, both names were moderately common, but Christine was more popular. The popularity of both names first declined and then rose again, with Christine from the mid-twenties, with Christina from the beginning of the forties. Christine was among the ten most frequently given female first names in the early sixties, Christina in the late seventies and early eighties. The spread of both names decreased sharply in the following period, with Christine this was in the mid-eighties, with Christina in the mid-nineties.
Name days
Christina
- Christina von Spoleto ( Augustinian in sick care): February 13th
- Christina von Hamm (German mystic): June 22nd
- Christina von Bolsena (Etruscan martyr) & Christina the Wonderful (Belgian patroness of sinners): July 24th
- Christina von Stommeln ( Beginin ): November 6th
- Christina Ebner ( Dominican ): December 27th
Christine
variants
- Chris, Chrisi, Chrissa, Chrissi, Chrissy, Christel , Christelle , Christl
- Christ, Christian, Christian, Christina
- Cristina
- Kris, Kris (s) i, Krissy, Kristel
- Kirsten , Kristeen, Kristin, Kristina, Kristine, Krisztina, Krystyna
- Stina, Stine
See also: Christiane , Kerstin , Nina , Tina
Name bearers
Chris
- Chris Evert , actually Christine Marie (* 1954), American tennis player
Christian
- Christin Cooper (* 1959), American ski racer
- Christin Hussong (* 1994), German javelin thrower
- Christin Stark (* 1989), German pop singer
Christina
- Christina (Walberberg) OCist († before 1222)
- Christina Aguilera (* 1980), American pop singer
- Christina Applegate (born 1971), American actress
- Toni Basil , actually Antonia Christina Basilotta (* 1943), American pop singer and choreographer
- Christina Chanée (* 1979), Danish-Thai singer
- Christina of Denmark (1521–1590), Danish princess, Duchess of Lorraine
- Christina Hendricks (* 1975), American actress
- Christina Hesselholdt (* 1962), Danish writer
- Christina Krogshede (* 1981), Danish handball player
- Christina Klein (* 1990), German singer, see LaFee
- Christina Lux (* 1965), German musician, singer, guitarist and composer
- Christina Lehmann (* 1951), German chess player
- Christina von Markyate (~ 1097–1161), author of the Albani Psalter
- Christina McHale (* 1992), American tennis player
- Christina Milian (* 1981), American singer and actress
- Christina Obergföll (* 1981), German javelin thrower
- Christina Petersen (* 1990), German actress
- Christina Perri (* 1986), American singer
- Christina Plate (* 1965), German actress
- Christina Pluhar (* 1965 in Graz) is an Austrian lutenist and harpist
- Christina Ricci (* 1980), American actress
- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), English poet
- Christina of Saxony (1461–1521) , Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- Christina von Sachsen (1505–1549) , Landgrave of Hesse
- Christine von Hessen-Kassel (1578–1658), by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Eisenach
- Christine von Baden-Durlach (1645–1705), by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Maria Christina von Sachsen (1735–1782) , Electoral Saxon-Polish princess, abbess in Remiremont
- Maria Christina von Sachsen (1770-1851) , Princess of Savoy-Carignan
- Maria Christina of Austria (1742–1798) , through marriage of Duchess Sachsen-Teschen
- Christina (Sweden) (actually Kristina ; 1626–1689), Queen of Sweden
- Christina von Stommeln (also Christina Bruso ; † 1312), mystic
- Christina Stürmer (* 1982), Austrian pop-rock singer
- Christina Weiss (born December 24, 1953 in St. Ingbert) is a German journalist and politician (non-party).
Christine
- Ann Christine (* 1944), Finnish pop singer from the 1960s
- Christine Béchard (* 1963), Mauritian athlete
- Christine Busta (1915–1987), Austrian poet
- Christine Echtler-Schleich (* 1963), German ski mountaineer
- Christine Egerszegi-Obrist (* 1948), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Christine Errath (* 1956), German figure skater
- Christine Féret-Fleury (* 1961), French writer
- Christine Finke (* 1966), German English scholar, journalist, blogger and children's book author
- Christine Fischer-Defoy (* 1951), German art historian and filmmaker
- Christine Gregoire (* 1947), American politician of the Democratic Party
- Christine Haderthauer (* 1962), German politician (CSU)
- Christine Heinze (* 1949), German actress
- Christine Hesel (* 1990), German handball player
- Christine von Hessen-Kassel (1578-1658), Princess of Hessen-Kassel and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Eisenach
- Christine Kaufmann (1945–2017), German-Austrian film actress
- Christine Kröger (* 1968), German journalist and editor
- Christine Lauterburg (* 1956), Swiss singer and actress
- Christine Lagarde (* 1956), French politician (UMP) and lawyer, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) since 2019
- Christine Lavant (1915–1973), Austrian writer
- Christine Lehmann (* 1958), German writer
- Christine of Lorraine (1565–1636), Grand Duchess and Regent of Tuscany
- Christine Neubauer (* 1962), German film actress and full-time author
- Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018), Austrian writer
- Christine de Pizan (1365 – after 1430), poet, first French professional writer
- Christine Rädlinger (* 1954), German historian and writer
- Christine Rossi (* 1963), French freestyle skier
- Christine Rothstein (* 1945), Austrian puppeteer, screenwriter and composer
- Christine Schäfer (* 1965), German soprano
- Christine Schaffner (* 1979), Swiss mountain bike orienteer
- Christine Scheyer (* 1994), Austrian ski racer
- Christine von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1573–1625), Queen of Sweden
- Christine Schraner Burgener (* 1963), Swiss diplomat
- Christine Schorn (* 1944), German actress
- Christine Stückelberger (* 1947), Swiss dressage rider
- Christine Theiss (* 1980), German kickboxer
- Christine Teusch (1888–1968), German politician (Center Party and CDU)
- Christine Walde (* 1960), German classical philologist
- Christine Urspruch (* 1970), German actress
- Christine Uschy Wernke (* 1977), German film director
Cristina
- Cristina Deutekom (1931-2014), Dutch soprano
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (* 1953), Argentine politician, current President
- Ana Cristina Oliveira Leite (* 1991), Portuguese-German soccer player
- Cristina Moșin (* 1982), Moldovan chess player
- Cristina Peri Rossi (* 1941), Uruguayan-Spanish writer
- Cristina of Spain (* 1965), Spanish infanta, daughter of King Juan Carlos I.
Kristeen
- Kristeen Young (* 1975), American singer
Kristin
- Kristin Boese (* 1977), German kitesurfer
- Kristin Cullman , Swedish orienteer
- Kristin Davis (born 1965), American actress
- Kristin Ørmen Johnsen (* 1953), Norwegian politician
- Kristin Kreuk (* 1982), Canadian actress and model
- Kristin Lehman (* 1972), Canadian actress
- Kristin Otto (* 1966), German swimmer
- Kristin Scott Thomas (* 1960), British-French actress
Kristina
- Kristina Bach (* 1962), German pop singer
- Kristina Bille (* 1986), Danish handball player
- Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993-2015), American singer and actress
- Kristina Dörfer (* 1984), German actress and singer
- Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt (* 1964), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
- Kristina Lugn (1948–2020), Swedish poet, member of the Swedish Academy
- Kristina Rose (* 1984), American porn actress
- Kristina Schmidt (* 1968), German lawyer and judge
- Kristina Schmidt (* 1989), maiden name of Kristina Dumitru , German actress and singer
- Kristina Schröder (* 1977), German politician
- Kristina Shannon (* 1989), American model
- Kristina Sterz (* 1974), German journalist and television presenter
- Kristina Tkatsch (* 1999), Russian pool player
- Kristina Vogel (* 1990), German cyclist
Kristine
- Kristine Bayley (* 1983), Australian track cyclist
- Kristine Belson (* 1964), American film producer
- Kristine Bilkau (* 1974), German journalist and writer
- Kristine Bonnevie (1872–1948), Norwegian biologist and Norway's first female professor
- Kristine DeBell (* 1954), American actress and model
- Kristine Frøseth (* 1996), Norwegian-American actress and model
- Kristine Harutjunjan (* 1991), Armenian athlete
- Kristine Gjelsten Haugen (* 1992), Norwegian ski racer
- Kristine Khatschatrjan (* 1989), Armenian cross-country skier
- Kristine Kunce (* 1970), Australian tennis player
- Kristine Bjørdal Leine (* 1996), Norwegian soccer player
- Kristine Lilly (* 1971), American soccer player
- Kristine Lunde-Borgersen (* 1980), Norwegian handball player
- Kristine Minde (* 1992), Norwegian national soccer player
- Kristine Nitzsche (* 1959), German athlete
- Kristine Norelius (* 1956), American rower
- Kristine O'Brien (* 1991), American rower
- Kristine Quance (* 1975), American swimmer
- Kristine Raahauge (* 1949), Greenlandic politician (Siumut) and Eskimologist
- Kristine Riis (* 1982), Norwegian actress and comedian
- Kristine Roug (* 1975), Danish sailor
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch (* 1960), American writer and editor
- Kristine Samuelson (* 1949), American film producer, film director and filmmaker
- Kristine Stavås Skistad (* 1999), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Kristine Stiles (* 1947), American art historian, artist and university professor
- Kristine Sutherland (born 1955), American actress
- Kristine Tånnander (* 1955), Swedish heptathlete
- Kristine Tornquist (* 1965), Austrian artist, author, librettist and director
- Kristine W (* 1962), American dance pop and house singer and songwriter
- Kristine Wischniowski (* 1944), German sculptor, graphic artist, restorer and painter
Kristiina
- Kristiina Ehin (* 1977), Estonian poet and translator
- Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen , Finnish agricultural scientist and librarian
- Kristiina Kass (* 1970), Estonian children's author, book illustrator and translator
- Kristiina Mäkelä (* 1992), Finnish three-jumper
- Kristiina Ojuland (* 1966), Estonian politician
- Kristiina Poska (* 1978), Estonian conductor
- Kristiina Rove (* 1990), Finnish ski racer
- Kristiina Tuomi (* 1977), German-Finnish jazz singer
- Kristiina Wegelius (* 1960), Finnish figure skater
Krystýna
- Kristýna Petrová (* 1992), Czech chess player
stage name
- Liv Kristine (* 1976), Norwegian singer
- Sonja Kristina Linwood (* 1949), known as Sonja Kristina, English musician