The name Crystal has its origins in the English word ‘crystal’ for a solid material, that is arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure. The word comes from the Greek ‘krystallos’ for ‘ice’.
Crystal is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.
The name Crystal isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Crystal ranks 572. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 3 were named Crystal. In the entire USA, approximately 326,111 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Crystal. That is 0.10 % of all living Americans.
The name Crystal has its origins in the English word ‘crystal’ for a solid material, that is arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure. The word comes from the Greek ‘krystallos’ for ‘ice’.
Crystals appear in many... different forms, including quartz, diamonds, sugar, and snowflakes.
Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Crystal. Because: There are women and girls named Crystal in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the more than 50,000 different female first names that occur in the USA, just 537 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Crystal is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular female first names, for example in New Mexico, where Crystal ranks on place 51. The greatest chance of meeting Crystal, however, is in Alaska, where one in 243 girls and women bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 473 women and girls and in Massachusetts, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 905 women and girls for their name before you once get Crystal as an answer.
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 seven letters, the name Crystal has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are 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 Crystal 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 Crystal, you can simply say:
Cat
Rocket
Yoyo
Sun
Tiger
Apple
Lion
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Crystal
Crystal
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
R
Y
S
T
A
L
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
Y
S
T
A
L
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. Crystal sounds like this:
