Crystal

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Krystal in NZ New Zealand, GR Greece, Christal in ZA South Africa and Christael in GY Guyana.

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 17 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◐

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

• Spanish given name211K records spelled Crystal15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Mexico, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Crystál, Crystâl, Crystāl, Çrÿştål, Çřyştăl

• Arabic given name13K records spelled Crystal16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia

  Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic

  Also written קריסטל, Krystal, Kristal, Chrystal, קריסטול

• Indonesian given name5.2K records spelled Crystal3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Crystāl

• English given name3.1K records spelled Crystal75 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Spanish, Thai

  Also written Kristal, Krystle, Krystal, Cristal, Christal

65 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●

Crystal is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• r9th-century coinage. This is one of the group of names taken from or suggestive of gemstones. The word crystal, denoting high-quality cut glass, is derived from Greek krystallos ‘ice’. As a boy’s name, Crystal originated as a Scottish pet form of Christopher, but it is rarely used today. Variant: Krystle.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.

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

• In German, ) Krystal; Krystle [knstl]: weibl.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Ghiaccio

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• English: 19th-century coinage. This is one of the group of names taken from or suggestive of gemstones. The word crystal , denoting high-quality cut glass, is derived from Greek krystallos ice. (As a male name, Crystal originated as a Scottish pet form of CHRISTOPHER , but it is hardly, if ever, used today.) Variant: Krystle .

  as a word

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) — 141 years between 1884–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Crystal Gayleb. 1951USAmerican country music singer (born 1951)
• Crystal Bernardb. 1961USAmerican singer-songwriter and actress
• T'Keyah Crystal Keymáhb. 1962USAmerican actress, singer (born 1962)
• Crystal R. Foxb. 1964USAmerican actress and singer
• Crystal Loweb. 1981CACanadian actress
• Crystal Reedb. 1985USAmerican actress
• Crystal Kayb. 1986USJapanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host
• Liu Yifeib. 1987CNnot in their usual nameChinese-American actress and singer (born 1987)
• Crystal Dunnb. 1992USAmerican soccer player
• Crystal Clarkeb. 1993USAmerican actress

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 · 692 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Crystal?

We estimate roughly 280 thousand people bear Crystal (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Crystal have the most bearers?

We estimate about 274 thousand people bear Crystal in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled crystal.

Where is Crystal most common?

Crystal is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Crystal compared with other names?

In the United States, Crystal is the 200th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Crystal a male or female name?

Crystal 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 Crystal mean?

Recorded meaning: (i) from a Scottish pet form of Christopher; (ii) shortened anglicization of Jewish surnames beginning with German Kristall ‘crystal’.