Christine (name) explained
Christine is feminine given name of Greek origin. It is a name in regular usage in French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Irish, and Scottish cultures,[1] and it is often associated with the meaning "Follower of Christ."[2] Variants include: Christina, Kristin, Kristina, Kristine, Kristen, Kirsten, Khrystyna (Ukraine), Krystyna (Poland), Kristiina (Estonia & Finland), and Cristina (Spain, Portugal, Central & South America).
In Estonia and Finland, the cognate is Kristiina. It is a popular name; for example, in 1968, it was the 14th most frequently-given name for girls in the United States.
Translations
Sense and origin of the name
Generally, the name Christine or Christina is given in Christ's honor and in reference to Saint Christina of Bolsena (feast day: 24 July). There are other saints named Christine or Christina, including Christine of Persia (feast day: 13-14 March); Christina of Ancyra (feast day: 18 May), et alia.
People with the given name Christine
- All pages beginning with Christine
Saints
In academia
- Christine Alewine, American oncologist and biologist
- Christine Bachoc (born 1964), French mathematician
- Christine L. Clouser, American virologist
- Christine Drea, a biologist and ecologist
- Christine Gardner, an American professor
- Christine Goodale, American ecosystem ecologist
- Christine Guenther, American mathematician
- Christine Heitsch, American mathematician
- Christine Hunter, American clinical psychologist and military officer
- Christine Paulin-Mohring (born 1962), French mathematician and computer scientist
- Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430), French writer
- Christine Figgener, German marine biologist and science communicator
In government and politics
- Christine Adjobi, an Ivorian politician and physician
- Christine Albanel (born 1955), a French civil servant, former Minister for Culture and Communication
- Christine Antorini (born 1965), Danish Minister of Education
- Christine Arguello (born 1955), a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- Christine Aschbacher (born 1983), Austrian politician
- Dame Christine Beasley (born 1944), British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator
- Christine Boutin (born 1944), French politician, former Minister of Housing and Urban Development, former representative of Yvelines
- Christine Boyle, Canadian politician
- Christine Butler (1943–2017), British politician
- Christine Chapman (born 1956), Welsh politician
- Christine Cusanelli (born 1972), Canadian politician
- Christine de Veyrac (born 1959), French politician
- Christine Decodts (born 1966), French politician
- Christine Elliott (born 1955), Canadian politician
- Christine Grahame (born 1944), British politician
- Christine Gregoire (born 1947), American politician from Washington state
- Christine Grice, New Zealand lawyer and jurist
- Christine Gwyther (born 1959), Welsh politician
- Christine Hogarth, Canadian politician
- Christine Humphreys, Welsh politician
- Christine Jardine (born 1960), British politician
- Christine Johnson (born 1968), American politician from Utah
- Christine Johnson (born 1960), American politician from Illinois
- Christine Jönsson (born 1958), Swedish politician
- Christine Labrie, Canadian politician
- Christine Lagarde (born 1956), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
- Christine Lambrecht (born 1965), German politician
- Christine Lieberknecht (born 1958), a German politician
- Christine McCafferty (born 1945), British politician
- Christine Melnick (born 1950), Canadian politician
- Christine Moore (born 1983), Canadian politician
- Christine Normandin, Canadian politician
- Christine O'Donnell (born 1969), American activist
- Christine Poulin, Canadian politician from Montreal
- Christine Razanamahasoa, Malagasy politician
- Christine Russell (born 1945), British politician
- Christine Schwarz-Fuchs (born 1974), Austrian entrepreneur and politician
- Christine Sinicki (born 1960), American politician
- Christine Stewart (1941–2015), Canadian politician
- Christine St-Pierre (born 1958), Canadian politician and journalist
- Christine Teunissen (born 1985), a Dutch Senator
- Christine A. Varney (born 1955), an American lawyer; former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice and Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
- Christine Todd Whitman (born 1946), American politician
- Christine Wohlwend (born 1978), Liechtensteiner politician
Females in sports
- Christine Adams (athlete) (born 1974), a German pole vaulter
- Christine Amertil (born 1979), a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres
- Christine Arron (born 1973), a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France
- Christine Bannon-Rodrigues (born 1966), an American martial artist and actress
- Christine Beck (born 1974), a German football referee and former player
- Christine Beckers (aka Christine; born 1943), a Belgian racing driver
- Christine Boudrias (born 1972), a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 & 1998 Winter Olympics
- Christine Brennan (born 1958), an American sports columnist, TV and radio commentator, and speaker
- Christine Cook (born 1970), a retired field hockey defender from England
- Christine Envall (born 1972), an Australian professional bodybuilder
- Christine Girard (born 1985), a Canadian weightlifter who was the first Canadian female to win a medal in weightlifting
- Christine Mboma (born 2003), a Namibian runner
- Christine Nesbitt (born 1985), a retired Canadian long track speed skater and former Olympic 1000m champion
- Christine Ohuruogu (born 1984), a British track and field athlete and former Olympic 400m Champion
- Christine Truman (born 1941), a British tennis player and French Open Champion
- Christine Sinclair (born 1983), a Canadian football player who is currently a member of the Canadian National Soccer Team
Males in sports
In entertainment
- Christine Adams (born 1974), an English actress
- Christine Keiko Agena, (born 1973), a Japanese-American actress
- Christine Amor (born 1952), an Australian actress
- Christine Andreas (born 1951), an American actress and singer
- Christine Angot (born 1959), a French writer, novelist and playwright
- Christine Anu (born 1970), an Australian pop singer
- Christine Arnothy (1930–2015), a French writer
- Christine Auten (born 1969), an American voice actress and script-writer
- Christine Baranski (born 1952), an American stage and screen actress
- Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959–2020), South African writer
- Christine Beatty (born 1958), an American writer, musician and transgender activist
- Christine Bleakley (born 1979), a Northern Irish television presenter
- Christine Bottomley (born 1979), a British actress
- Christine Brewer (born 1955), an American soprano
- Christine Brodbeck (born 1950), Swiss dancer and author
- Christine Brooke-Rose (1923–2012), a British writer and literary critic
- Christine Brubaker, Canadian actor and director
- Christine Cavanaugh (1963–2014), American voice actress
- Christine Day (author), Indigenous American author
- Christine Evangelista (born 1986), an American actress
- Christine Fernandes (born 1968), a Brazilian actress
- Christine Hà (born 1979), an American chef, writer, and TV host
- Christine Lahti (born 1950), an actress and film director
- Christine Lakin (born 1979), an American actress
- Christine and the Queens, or Chris; stage-name of Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier (born 1988), French musician and producer
- Christine McVie (1943–2022), a British rock singer, keyboardist and songwriter
- Christine Neubauer (born 1962), a German actress
- Christine Ockrent (born 1944), Belgian journalist and presenter of French television
- Christine Roche (born 1939), French-Canadian illustrator, cartoonist, teacher and filmmaker
- Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-American ballet dancer
- Christine Wetherill Stevenson (1878-1922), American heiress to the Pittsburgh Paint Company, dramatist and arts patron
- Christine Taylor (born 1971), an American actress
- Christine Woods (born 1983), an American actress
Other
- Christine Butegwa, Ugandan feminist activist and writer
- Christine Bycroft, New Zealand statistician and demographer
- Christine Chubbuck (1944–1974), American news reporter who committed suicide on live television
- Christine Donnelly, founder and CEO of the Aboriginal Dance Theatre Redfern in Sydney, Australia
- Christine Falling, American serial killer
- Christine Peterson, American forecaster
- Christine "Chris" Sizemore, American woman with dissociative identity disorder, inspired book The Three Faces of Eve
- Christine von Wattenwyl, Swiss religious worker
- Christine Wiedinmyer, research scientist in the Atmospheric Chemistry Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fictional characters
- Christine Appleby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
- Christine Blair in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Christine Booth, the daughter of Dr. Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth in the TV show Bones
- Christine Campbell, the title character of the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Christine Carpenter, a minor character in the soap opera Hollyoaks
- Christine Chapel in the original Star Trek series and related films
- Christine Daaé, the female lead in The Phantom of the Opera, originally a novel by Gaston Leroux
- Christine "Chris" Hargensen, antagonist of Stephen King's Carrie
- Christine Morris in a book series by Maureen Jennings
- Christine Malone, a character in the video games TimeSplitters and
- Christine Mulgrew, a character in the BBC drama Waterloo Road
- Christine Nelson aka "Spike" in Degrassi
- Christine Penmark in William March's novel The Bad Seed
- Christine Weiring, the title character of the 1958 film Christine
- Christine in Toni Morrison's novel Love
- Christine, novel by Stephen King about a demonic car; a 1983 film adaptation was produced
Notes and References
- Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, Origin, and History of the Name Kristine." Behind the Name. Accessed on August 1, 2010.
- http://www.babynames.com/name/KRISTINE "Origin and Meaning of the Name Kristine."
- Web site: Мученица Христи́на Владимирская, княгиня. 2021-05-19. azbyka.ru. ru.
- Web site: St. Christina of Ancyra, Virginmartyr, who suffered under Emperor Decius | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese.
