Just like Christina, the form Cristina is based on Christiana, the Latin feminine form of Christian. It derived from the Greek name Christos meaning ‘anointed’.
Cristina is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
Cristina is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,063 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,062 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. In the entire USA, approximately 48,444 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Cristina. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Just like Christina, the form Cristina is based on Christiana, the Latin feminine form of Christian. It derived from the Greek name Christos meaning ‘anointed’.
The spelling Cristina is... common in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese while Christina is usually found in Greek, German, English and in Scandinavian languages.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for girls' names. This is because 6.0% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M.
With eight letters, the name Cristina is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.0% of all girls' names that begin with a C, this first letter is much more common than the average of all letters. And which girls’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Carol.
If your name is Cristina and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Cristina, you can simply say:
Cat
Rocket
Igloo
Sun
Tiger
Igloo
Nut
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Cristina
Cristina
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
R
I
S
T
I
N
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
C
R
I
S
T
I
N
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Cristina sounds like this:
