# Christiana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christiana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɪs.tiˌænə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chrystianna, Chrystiana, Christianna |
| US babies named this | 10,938 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,938 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 571, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Chrīstiāna; a medieval literate form of the female name Christian. By surface analysis, Christian + -a.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 176 | 1,325 |
| 2012 | 219 | 1,125 |
| 2013 | 179 | 1,311 |
| 2014 | 169 | 1,373 |
| 2015 | 192 | 1,270 |
| 2016 | 193 | 1,265 |
| 2017 | 184 | 1,283 |
| 2018 | 163 | 1,380 |
| 2019 | 131 | 1,615 |
| 2020 | 111 | 1,784 |
| 2021 | 92 | 2,071 |
| 2022 | 93 | 2,069 |
| 2023 | 86 | 2,200 |
| 2024 | 49 | 3,239 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,907 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 1,196 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 克里斯蒂安娜
- Danish: Kristiane
- French: Christiane
- German: Christiane
- Greek: Χρηστιάνα
- Hungarian: Krisztiána
- Italian: Cristiana
- Latvian: Kristiāna
- Norwegian: Kristiane
- Polish: Krystiana
- Russian: Кристиа́на

## People named Christiana

- Christiana Figueres, Costa Rican diplomat engaged in UN
- Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg (1634-1701)
- Christiana Carteaux Bannister, American business entrepreneur, hairdresser, and abolitionist (1819–1902)
- Christiana Morgan, American psychoanalyst
- Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, British fashion designer (1863-1935)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.