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What does Christa mean?
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(female)
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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)
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.
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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