Krystyna
Nearly 394,000 Polish women carry it, one of the two dozen most common names among them, yet hardly any newborns do now: just 89 girls last year. At root it means "follower of Christ", with Slavic origin.
Krystyna Pronunciation
Krystyna is pronounced krihs-TIH-nah (/krɨsˈtɨna/).
What Krystyna means
Where Krystyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Krystyna comes to us through the Slavic tongue, and its meaning stays plain: należąca do Chrystusa, belonging to Christ. The name keeps close company. Beside it stand the variant Krystiana, the softer Kristina, and Krystian, the same name handed to a boy.
For a long time this was a name a Polish woman wore through every part of her life. Open a school class register from a small town and a Krystyna will often be sitting there among the K names.
The idea of following Christ reached Poland with Christianity, and the name has held that meaning ever since. It has never needed decoration. What a bearer receives is a plain word about belonging, along with the home forms Krysia and Krysieńka.
How many people are named Krystyna
1 in 57 women in Poland is named Krystyna. 393,597 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #21 among female names.
Krystyna's popularity over time
89 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #262 among newborns. It has been stable for a decade. Still the #21 name among living women, even as it slips to #262 among newborns.
Where Krystyna is most popular
Krystyna is most popular in Greater Poland, 45% above the national average (107 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+33%) and Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+28%). It is least common in Świętokrzyskie and Subcarpathian, 63% and 47% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland107 girls born+45%
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Masovian161 girls born+33%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian48 girls born+28%
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Pomeranian58 girls born+15%
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Lower Silesian54 girls born0%
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Warmian-Masurian23 girls born−6%
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Łódź41 girls born−6%
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Opole14 girls born−11%
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Lubusz15 girls born−12%
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Silesian68 girls born−13%
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Podlaskie19 girls born−16%
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Lesser Poland59 girls born−24%
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West Pomeranian21 girls born−27%
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Lublin23 girls born−35%
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Subcarpathian22 girls born−47%
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Świętokrzyskie7 girls born−63%
Krystyna as a middle name
Krystyna is a first name for 393,597 women in Poland and a middle name for another 219,755, a 64/36 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 12th, between Zofia (265,565) and Joanna (199,782).
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10
275,512Agnieszka
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11
265,565Zofia
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12219,755Krystyna
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13
199,782Joanna
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14
193,823Jadwiga
When Krystyna celebrates name day
Krystyna appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 13 March.