Baby name

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Kristi

/KRIS · tee/


“Follower of Christ”

Short form of Kristina or Kristin, rooted in Latin Christianus via Greek; the clipped form became a standalone name across Nordic countries in the 1960s.

kris

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How it ages.

Solidly 1970s-80s retro; not yet cycling back into fashion.

The cultural moment.

Popular in Norway and Estonia through the 1970s-80s; largely absent from current birth registers.