Khrystyna
The Ukrainian spelling of Krystyna, from the Greek for "follower of Christ". Barely seen in Poland until the 2020s, when it began to climb: today it goes to a dozen or so newborn girls a year, always girls.
Khrystyna Pronunciation
Khrystyna is pronounced kkhrihs-TIH-nah (/kxrɨsˈtɨna/).
What Khrystyna means
Where Khrystyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Khrystyna comes from Greek, where the root points to Christ and marks the one who follows him. The short meaning stays plain: chrystusowa, belonging to Christ. This is a Christian name in the older sense, given to daughters across the Byzantine and Slavic east.
In Ukraine the name settled into everyday speech, and Khrystyna became its familiar shape. Polish ears hear a near double in Krystyna, the variant they write on their own forms. The two names share one Greek source, though the spelling shifts as the border does.
On the church calendar, Christina has her name-day, and a girl called Khrystyna can mark her imieniny beside the Krystynas in the class register. She may shorten it to Krystyna at the urząd. The meaning underneath does not move. It is chrystusowa, the one who belongs to Christ.
How many people are named Khrystyna
1 in 1880 women in Poland is named Khrystyna. 11,997 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #341 among female names.
Khrystyna's popularity over time
14 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #614 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2021. Still the #341 name among living women, even as it slips to #614 among newborns.
Where Khrystyna is most popular
Khrystyna is most popular in Masovian, 205% above the national average (12 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+184%) and Lower Silesian (+129%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Greater Poland, 21% and 16% below average respectively.
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Masovian12 girls born+205%
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Łódź4 girls born+184%
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Lower Silesian4 girls born+129%
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Greater Poland2 girls born−16%
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Lesser Poland2 girls born−21%
Khrystyna as a middle name
Khrystyna is a first name for 11,997 women in Poland and a middle name for another 29, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1311th, between Jozefina (29) and Kyung (29).
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1309
29Janette
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1310
29Jozefina
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131129Khrystyna
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1312
29Kyung
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1313
29Lesley