Christy

Meaning and name origin

Christy \ch-ris-ty, chr(i)-sty\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Christy), is pronounced KRIS-tee. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Christy is "follower of Christ". Pet form of Christina and Christine, and in Scotland and Ireland, of Christopher. Model Christie Brinkley.

Christy has 24 variant forms: Chrissa, Chrissie, Chrissy, Christey, Christi, Christie, Chrystie, Crissa, Crissie, Crissy, Cristi, Cristie, Cristy, Khristie, Khristy, Krista, Kristee, Kristey, Kristi, Kristie, Kristy, Krystee, Krystie and Krysty.

Popularity

Christy is a very popular first name for females (#260 out of 4276) and also a very popular surname or last name for all people (#2388 out of 88799) (2000 U.S. Census).

Displayed below is the baby name popularity of the name Christy for girls (2015 statistics).

Displayed below is a comparison of the popularity of the girl name Christy and its variant forms. Variation forms ranked in the Top 1000/100 are Chrissy, Christi, Christie, Christina, Christine, Christopher, Christy, Crissy, Cristy, Krista, Kristi, Kristie and Kristy. (2015 statistics).

Similar Names

Christy is also pronounced similarly to Chrissta, Chrissti, Chrissty, Christa, Chrysta, Crista, Khrista and Khristya. Other suggested similar baby names are Charista, Christal, Christan, Christel, Christen, Christia, Christin, Christl, Christle, Christna, Christol, Christon, Christyl, Christyn, Christyna, Christyne, Chrisy, Chrystyn and Cristyn. These names tend to be less commonly used than Christy.

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