Christiana
Just 58 women in Poland carry it, few enough that most Poles have never met one. A Latin name meaning "follower of Christ", and hardly any newborns get it now.
Christiana Pronunciation
Christiana is pronounced khreest-YAH-nah (/xristˈjana/).
What Christiana means
Where Christiana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Christiana begins in Latin. Behind it stands christianus, follower of Christ, and the name says exactly that: a woman who belongs to that faith, a chrześcijanka.
In English the name found a famous bearer in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. The second part, published in 1684, follows Christiana, who sets out after her husband Christian and walks the same hard road. English readers met the name there for generations.
Polish speakers know the same name in other clothes. The full variant is Krystyna, the everyday diminutive Krysia, and the masculine form Krystian sits beside them. On a school register a Krystyna and a Krystian can share a row, both tracing back to that one Latin word.
The meaning has stayed close to the root. Christiana still says follower of Christ.
How many people are named Christiana
1 in 388687 women in Poland is named Christiana. 58 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4852 among female names.
Christiana as a middle name
Christiana is a first name for 58 women in Poland and a middle name for another 43, a 57/43 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1044th, between Basia (43) and Daiana (43).
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#1042 Agustina43
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#1043 Basia43
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#1044 Christiana43
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#1045 Daiana43
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#1046 Esperanza43