Kristina

See also: Kristína and Kristīna

English

Etymology

A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina

Proper noun

Kristina

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Christina.
   • 1991, Julie Kistler, Christmas in Toyland, Harlequin Books, published 1991, →ISBN, page 62:

     "Kristina Castleberry," she told him. "That's Kristina with a K, and Castleberry just like it sounds."

Czech

Alternative forms

• Kristýna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrɪstɪna]
• Rhymes: -ɪna

Proper noun

Kristina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Christina

Declension

Declension of Kristina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kristina	Kristiny
genitive	Kristiny	Kristin
dative	Kristině	Kristinám
accusative	Kristinu	Kristiny
vocative	Kristino	Kristiny
locative	Kristině	Kristinách
instrumental	Kristinou	Kristinami

Further reading

• Kristina in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Kristina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Kristina

1. a female given name, variant of Christina

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 7748 females with the given name Kristina (compared to 22 570 named Christina) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Kristina

1. a female given name, variant of Kristiina (“Christina”)

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Kristina

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Kristina: Kristinuson
• daughter of Kristina: Kristinudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Kristina
Accusative	Kristinu
Dative	Kristinu
Genitive	Kristinu

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʁɪsˈtiːna]

• Audio (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: Kris‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Kristina

1. a female given name, variant of Christina

Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Kristīna.

Proper noun

Kristina f

1. a female given name

References

• [2] Population Register of Latvia: Kristina was the only given name of 1259 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Kristina f

1. a female given name

Norwegian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Kristina

1. a female given name, variant of Christina

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3919 females with the given name Kristina, compared to 4313 named Christina, living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 14th 2011.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Christina

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɪ²stiːna/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Kristina c (genitive Kristinas)

1. a female given name, variant of Christina; royal name in Sweden, popular since Middle Ages

Related terms

• Christel, Christin, Christine, Kerstin, Stina, Tina

References

• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån: 173 259 females with the given name Kristina (compared to 103 615 named Christina) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.

Anagrams

• Kristian, inriktas