Crystal - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Crystal \c-rys-

is pronounced KRISS-tal. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "ice". 19th century coinage. A transparent quartz gemstone, usually colorless, that can be cut to reflect brilliant light. The TV series "Dynasty" made the name famous in the 1980s with a character named Krystle. Chrystal a variant spelling probably influenced by Greek "khrysos" meaning "gold". Cr- spellings are Spanish/Italian.

Crystal has 31 variant forms: Christal, Christalle, Christel, Christella, Christelle, Chrystal, Chrystalle, Chrystalynn, Chrystel, Chrystle, Cristal, Cristalle, Cristalyn, Cristel, Cristella, Cristle, Crysta, Crystalann, Crystalina, Crystall, Chrystalla, Crystalyn, Crystalynn, Crystel, Crystell, Khristalle, Khrystle, Kristle, Krystal, Krystalle and Krystle.

For more information, see also the related name Christina.

Baby names that sound like Crystal are Krysta, Crystie, Crista, Chrysta, Crystabel, Krystel, Kristal and Khrystal.

Crystal is a very common first name for women (#102 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#14943 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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