Christina (given name)

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Christina
Pronunciation /krɪˈstiːnə/ krist-EE-nə
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Ancient Greek, used to translate Hebrew
Meaningfollower of Christ
Other names
Related namesΧριστίνα, Krisstina, Cristina, Kristina, Kristine, Christine, Christian, Chris, Christopher, Kristyna, Kristen, Krista, Christa, Crista, Christabelle

Christina or Cristina is a feminine given name. It is a simplified form of the Latin Christiana, and a feminine form of Christianus or a Latinized form of the Middle English Christin 'Christian' (Old English christen, from Latin). [1] Short forms include Chris and Tina. The name is ultimately derived from the original Greek form of the name, Χριστίνα.

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  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 55, ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1 .
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