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Christa

What does Christa mean?

Christa Pronunciation of Christa as a girls' name is pronounced KRIS-tah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Christa is "follower of Christ". Latinate short form of Christine and Christina. Probably originated in Germany. Chrysta's spelling may refer to the Greek word for "gold" or "golden".

STARTS WITH Chris-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek

Variations

VARIANTS Chryssa, Chrysta, Chrystie, Crista, Crysta, Crystie, Khrista, Khrysta, Krista, Krysta, Krystah

SEE ALSO Trista

RELATED FORMS VIA CHRISTINA, CHRISTINE Chris, Chrissa, Chrissie, Chrissta, Chrisstan, Chrissti, Chrisstie, Chrisstina, Chrissty, Chrissy, Christain, Christan, Christanna, Christeen, Christeena, Christel, Christen, Christena, Christene, Christi, Christia, Christian, Christiana, Christiane, Christie, Christin, Christine, Christinea, Christini, Christinia, Christinn, Christinna, Christmar, Christna, Christy, Christyna, Christyne, Chrystal, Chrystee, Chrystel, Chrystina, Chrystle, Chrystyna, Cris, Crissy, Cristal, Cristel, Cristen, Cristena, Cristi, Cristie, Cristin, Cristina, Cristy, Crystal, Khristena, Khristina, Khristya, Kristi, Kristy

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Christa Eliza (C.E.), ..

How popular is Christa?

Christa is a very prominent first name for women (#564 out of 4276, Top 13%) and a slightly less prominent surname for all people (#82019 out of 150436, Top 55%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Christa entered the list in 1940-1949 and reached its highest rank of #254 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Christa name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Christa outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Christa listed in the Top 2000 are Christina (#439 FROM RECENT DATA), Crystal (#717), Christine (#926), Cristina (#1169), Christiana (#1387), Chris, Crista, Cristal, Cristen, Cristi, Cristin, Cristie, Cris, Cristy, Crysta, Krista, Kristi, Kristy, Krysta, Crissy, Christy, Chrystal, Christena, Chrissy, Christan, Christeen, Christel, Christen, Christene, Chrissie, Christi, Christian, Christiane, Christie, Christin, Christinia and Trista. Other forms, like Christain, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Christa reached its apex 48 years ago (MEDIAN #977) and has become significantly lower since (#1858, 96.8%), with forms like Christin going out of style.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Christa, Chris, Chrissie, Chrissy, Christan in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Christeen, Christel, Christen, Christena, Christene in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Christi, Christian, Christiana, Christiane, Christie in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Christin, Christina, Christine, Christinia, Christy in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Chrystal, Cris, Crissy, Crista, Cristal in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cristen, Cristi, Cristie, Cristin, Cristina in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cristy, Crysta, Crystal, Krista, Kristi in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kristy, Krysta, Trista in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Christin, Christina, Christine outside U.S.

Similar Names

Christa is pronounced similarly to Christey, Khristie and Khristy. Other recommended sound-alike names are Arista, Calista, Carisa, Carisia, Carisma, Carissa, Carita, Caritta, Carlista, Cerisa, Cerissa, Charisa, Charisha, Charisma, Charissa, Charista, Charita, Chasta, Cherisa, Cherita, Chita, Chrisanta, Chrisie, Christabel, Christable, Christaine, Christal, Christalin, Christall, Christalle, Christalyn, Christana, Christanne, Christele, Christell, Christella, Christiaan (see Christian), Christiann (see Christiana), Christl, Christle, Christmas, Christol, Christon, Christyann (see Christiana), Christyl, Christyn, Chrisy, Chrysten, Chrystian, Chrystol, Chrystyn, Corisa, Corissa, Corita, Crissa, Cristian, Cristle, Cristyn and Khristal. These names tend to be less commonly used than Christa.

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