Hristina
A Greek name meaning "follower of Christ," the same root that gives Poland its familiar Krystyna. In Poland it stays rare: most people here will go a lifetime without meeting one, and no girls were given it last year.
Hristina Pronunciation
Hristina is pronounced khrees-TEE-nah (/xrisˈtina/).
What Hristina means
Where Hristina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hristina grows from Greek, from Christos, the anointed one. The name marks its bearer a follower of Christ. In Polish that reads as chrześcijanka, należąca do Chrystusa. The spelling with an H points east, toward the Orthodox and South Slavic world, where Hristina stands where Polish speakers write Krystyna.
Krystyna is the Polish variant, and Krysia the everyday diminutive. A girl called Hristina on a Kraków class register might become Krysia by the second week. The forms trade places easily. Same origin, softer sound.
Short. The meaning sits in the first letters. Christ.
Saint Christina of Bolsena, a martyr of the early Church, carried the name into the calendar, and her name-day gave generations an imieniny to mark. The sense people attach to Hristina, faith and belonging, was there from the start. It says follower of Christ, and Krystyna and Krysia say the same.
How many people are named Hristina
1 in 450877 women in Poland is named Hristina. 50 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5344 among female names.