Christin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Cristina in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 8 more, Christine in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 2 more, Кристина in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, FI Finland and Christina in NL Netherlands, DK Denmark, AT Austria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Christin is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name15K records spelled Christin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ćĥŕiştiń, Christín

• Indonesian given name7.9K records spelled Christin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Also written 'Christin, Çhrîstìñ

• Thai given name441 records spelled Christin12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, Norway, United Kingdom

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written คริสติน, คริสตัน, คริสตีน, ครีสตีน, คริสตินี่

• Italian given name353 records spelled Christin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Christïn

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Christin is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ) Cristin; Kristin: weibl. Vom., in den i96oer-Jahren aufgekommene Ne­ benform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In French, Même origine que Chrétien.

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In Swedish, Christin (m.fl. former) är bildningar till → Christina, uppkomna i olika länder. Den franska och engelska formen är Christine, en tysk är Christiane, medan Kristin är en nordisk form. Namnet har använts både som eget namn och som en muntlig form av → Christina.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Norwegian, a female given name, a less common spelling of Kristin

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 79 years between 1931–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Christin Cooperb. 1959USalpine skier
• Christin Marquitanb. 1967DEGerman actor, voice actor and opera singer
• Dori Whitakerb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1967- )
• Christin Kristoffersenb. 1973NONorwegian politician
• Allison Mackb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican former actress
• Christin Steuerb. 1983DEGerman diver (1983-)
• Christin Freitagb. 1984DEGerman film director
• Marie-Christin Morgensternb. 1993DEGerman voice actress
• Christin Hussongb. 1994DEGerman athletics competitor (1994-)
• Christin BakerUSAmerican producer and director

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 565 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Christin?

We estimate roughly 2.1 million people bear Christin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Christin have the most bearers?

Christin is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled кристина.

Where is Christin most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Christin is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 63 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Christin compared with other names?

In Russia, Christin is the 60th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Christin a male or female name?

Christin is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Christin mean?

Recorded meaning: English form of Cristiana, from OE crīsten ‘christian’; first attested Cristina 1219 AssY.