Baby name

STABLE GIRL · GREEK-GERMAN
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Christin

/KRIS · tin/


“Anointed one”

German, Scandinavian, and sometimes English variant of Christine, from Greek Christos meaning anointed one; the dropped final e is the standard German spelling.

chris

strongelegant

How it ages.

Feels solidly late-20th century; the German spelling is more distinctive than the English Christine.

The cultural moment.

Common in Germany and Scandinavia from the 1960s through 1980s; now associated with that generation.