Kristine
Fewer than 300 women in Poland carry this spelling, so most people here have never met one. It's the Scandinavian form of a Greek name, from christos: one who belongs to Christ, written Krystyna in Polish and called out as Krysia on any class register.
Kristine Pronunciation
Kristine is pronounced krees-TEE-ne (/krisˈtinɛ/).
What Kristine means
Where Kristine comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kristine begins in Greek, in the word christos, which named the anointed one and gave Europe the family of Christian names. The short meaning carried down to us is follower of Christ, and in Polish that reads należący do Chrystusa. The Scandinavian north took the name early and kept it, so a Kristine in Norway or Denmark stands in a long line of northern bearers.
In Poland the same root grew its own branch. Krystyna became the settled Polish variant, and from it came the everyday Krysia, the form a teacher calls out from a class register.
Kristine keeps a foreign spelling next to that Polish family. It looks Scandinavian on the page. The meaning underneath does not change: one who belongs to Christ, written Krystyna in Polish and shortened to Krysia.
How many people are named Kristine
1 in 83188 women in Poland is named Kristine. 271 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1848 among female names.
Kristine as a middle name
Kristine is a first name for 271 women in Poland and a middle name for another 50, an 84/16 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 966th, between Jayne (50) and Margarethe (50).
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#964 Ioana50
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#965 Jayne50
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#966 Kristine50
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#967 Margarethe50
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#968 Nicoletta50