Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Kristy
/KRIS · tee/
Meaning
“Anointed”
Pet form of Kristina or Kristine, from Greek Khristos meaning 'anointed'; popularized in English-speaking countries as a given name in its own right during the 1960s-70s.
Nicknames
kris
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Distinctly 1970s-80s American; unlikely to stage a revival in the near term.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US and Australia through the 1970s-80s; now rarely given to newborns.