Christine (name)
Kristine is mainly a feminine name of Greek or Egyptian origin. It is a name in regular usage in French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Irish, and Scottish cultures, and it is often associated with the meaning "Follower of Christ." Other ways to say Kristine are Christina, Kristin, Kristina, Kristine, Kristen, Kirsten, Hristina, Krystyna, Cristina, etc. In Estonia and Finland, the cognate is Kristiina. It is a popular name; for example, in 1968, it was the 14th most frequently-given name for girls in the United States. The name Kristine can be shortened to Chris, Christie or Chrissy.
Translations
- کریستین
- كريستين
- Крысціна
- খ্রীস্টিন
- Hristina
- Кристин
- Χριστίνα
- ક્રિસ્ટીન
- כריסטין
- क्रिस्टीन
- Cristina
- クリスティーヌ, クリスティーン
- 克莉丝汀
- கிரிஸ்தீன்
- ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಿನ್
- 크리스틴
- Кристин
- क्रिस्टिन
- کریستین
- Krystyna
- Kristýna
- Kristína
- Кристина
- Cristina
- Cristine
- Kristīne
- קריסטין
- ქრისტინე
- Христина
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Sense and origin of the name
People with the given name Christine
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Saints
- Saint Christine of Bolsena, remembered on 24 July
- Saint Christine of Persia, remembered on 13 March
- Saint Christine of Ancyre, remembered on 18 May
In academia
- Christine Bachoc, French mathematician
- Christine Drea, a biologist and ecologist
- Christine Gardner, an American professor
- Christine Guenther, American mathematician
- Christine Heitsch, American mathematician
- Christine Paulin-Mohring, French mathematician and computer scientist
- Christine de Pizan, French writer
In government and politics
- Christine Adjobi, an Ivorian politician and physician
- Christine Albanel, a French civil servant, former Minister for Culture and Communication
- Christine Antorini, Danish Minister of Education
- Christine Arguello, a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- Christine Aschbacher, Austrian politician
- Christine Boutin, French politician, former Minister of Housing and Urban Development, former representative of Yvelines
- Christine Boyle, Canadian politician
- Christine Butler, British politician
- Christine Chapman, Welsh politician
- Christine de Veyrac, French politician
- Christine Elliott, Canadian politician
- Christine Grahame, British politician
- Christine Gregoire, American politician from Washington state
- Christine Gwyther, Welsh politician
- Christine Grice, New Zealand lawyer and jurist
- Christine Hogarth, Canadian politician
- Christine Humphreys, Welsh politician
- Christine Jardine, British politician
- Christine Johnson, American politician from Utah
- Christine Johnson, American politician from Illinois
- Christine Jönsson, Swedish politician
- Christine Labrie, Canadian politician
- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
- Christine Lambrecht, German politician
- Christine Lieberknecht, a German politician
- Christine McCafferty, British politician
- Christine Melnick, Canadian politician
- Christine Moore, Canadian politician
- Christine Normandin, Canadian politician
- Christine O'Donnell, American politician
- Christine Poulin, Canadian politician from Montreal
- Christine Razanamahasoa, Malagasy politician
- Christine Russell, British politician
- Christine Sinicki, American politician
- Christine Stewart, Canadian politician
- Christine St-Pierre, Canadian politician and journalist
- Christine Teunissen, a Dutch Senator
- Christine A. Varney, an American lawyer; former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice and Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
- Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
Females in sports
- Christine Adams , a German pole vaulter
- Christine Amertil a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres
- Christine Arron, a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France
- Christine Bannon-Rodrigues, an American martial artist and actress
- Christine Beck, a German football referee and former player
- Christine Boudrias, a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 & 1998 Winter Olympics
- Christine Brennan, an American sports columnist, TV and radio commentator, and speaker
- Christine Cook, a retired field hockey defender from England
- Christine Envall, an Australian professional bodybuilder
- Christine Girard, a Canadian weightlifter who was the first Canadian female to win a medal in weightlifting
- Christine Nesbitt, a retired Canadian long track speed skater and former Olympic 1000m champion
- Christine Ohuruogu, a British track and field athlete and former Olympic 400m Champion
- Christine Truman, a British tennis player and French Open Champion
- Christine Sinclair, a Canadian football player who is currently a member of the Canadian National Soccer Team
Males in sports
- Christine Michael, an American football player running back
In entertainment
- Christine Adams, an English actress
- Christine Keiko Agena,, a Japanese-American actress
- Christine Amor, an Australian actress
- Christine Andreas, an American actress and singer
- Christine Angot, a French writer, novelist and playwright
- Christine Anu, an Australian pop singer
- Christine Arnothy, a French writer
- Christine Auten, an American voice actress and script-writer
- Christine Baranski, an American stage and screen actress
- Christine Beatty, an American writer, musician and transgender activist
- Christine Bleakley, a Northern Irish television presenter
- Christine Bottomley, a British actress
- Christine Brewer, an American soprano
- Christine Brodbeck, Swiss dancer and author
- Christine Brooke-Rose, a British writer and literary critic
- Christine Brubaker, Canadian actor and director
- Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress
- Christine Evangelista, an American actress
- Christine Fernandes, a Brazilian actress
- Christine Hà, an American chef, writer, and TV host
- Christine Lahti, an actress and film director
- Christine Lakin, an American actress
- Christine McVie, a British rock singer, keyboardist and songwriter
- Christine Neubauer, a German actress
- Christine Ockrent, Belgian journalist and presenter of French television
- Christine Shevchenko, Ukrainian-American ballet dancer
- Christine Taylor, an American actress
Other
- Christine Bycroft, New Zealand statistician and demographer
- Christine Falling, American serial killer who murdered six children
- Christine Peterson, American forecaster
- Christine Chubbuck, American news reporter who committed suicide on live television
Fictional characters
- Christine Appleby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
- Christine Blair in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Christine Campbell, the title character of the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Christine Carpenter, a minor character in the soap opera Hollyoaks
- Christine Chapel in the original and related films
- Christine Daaé, the female lead in The Phantom of the Opera, originally a novel by Gaston Leroux.
- Christine "Chris" Hargensen, antagonist of Stephen King's Carrie
- Christine Morris in a book series by Maureen Jennings
- Christine Mulgrew, a character in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
- Christine Nelson aka "Spike" in
- Christine Penmark in William March's novel The Bad Seed
- Christine Weiring, the title character of the 1958 film Christine
- Christine in Toni Morrison's novel Love
- Christine, novel by Stephen King about a demonic car; a 1983 film adaptation was produced
- Christine Booth, the daughter of Dr. Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth in the TV show Bones