Christa (given name)

Christa is a female given name, which means "anointed" or "chosen one". Its use is rare and can be mostly found in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Germany.

People with the name

 * Christa Ackroyd (born 1957), British television and radio presenter
 * Christa B. Allen (born 1991), American child actress
 * Christa Anbeek (born 1961), Dutch theologist, professor and rector of the Remonstrants seminary
 * Christa Bäckman (born 1962), Swedish archer
 * Christa Bauch (born 1947), German professional bodybuilder
 * Christa Beran (1922–1992), Austrian Righteous Among the Nations
 * Christa Blanke (born 1948), German Lutheran theologian and animal welfare activist
 * Christa Bonhoff, German opera singer
 * Christa Borden (21st century), Canadian pop singer
 * Christa Bortignon (born 1937), Canadian masters athlete
 * Christa Brosseau, Canadian chemist
 * Christa Calamas (21st century), former Secretary of the Florida Agency for HCA
 * Christa Campbell (born 1973), American actress and model
 * Christa Castro, Honduran politician
 * Christa Collins (born 1979), American singer, dancer, model and songwriter
 * Christa Cowrie (born 1949), German-Mexican photographer
 * Christa Czekay (1944–2017), West German sprinter
 * Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold (born 1930), Dutch arachnologist
 * Christa Deguchi (born 1995), Canadian judoka
 * Christa Dichgans (1940–2018), German painter
 * Christa D'Souza (born 1960), British journalist
 * Christa Dürscheid (born 1959), German linguist and academic
 * Christa Ehrmann-Hämmerle (born 1957), Austrian historian
 * Christa Eka, Cameroonian film actress
 * Christa Faust (born 1969), American author
 * Christa Fontana (20th century), Italian luger
 * Christa Fouché, New Zealand academic
 * Christa Gannon (20th century), American basketball player
 * Christa Gietl (born 1977), Italian luger
 * Christa Goetsch (born 1952), German politician
 * Christa Göhler (1935–2010), German cross-country skier
 * Christa Harmotto (born 1986), American volleyball player
 * Christa Hughes (21st century), Australian singer
 * Christa Jaarsma (born 1952), Dutch speed skater
 * Christa Jansohn (born 1958), German academic
 * Christa Johnson (born 1958), American golfer
 * Christa Kinshofer (born 1961), retired German alpine skier
 * Christa Klaß (born 1951), German politician
 * Christa Klecker (20th century), Austrian luger
 * Christa Köhler (born 1951), East German diver
 * Christa Krammer (born 1944), Austrian politician
 * Christa Lang (born 1943), German-American actress and screenwriter
 * Christa Lehmann (born 1922), German serial killer
 * Christa Linder (born 1943), German actress
 * Christa Luding-Rothenburger (born 1959), former speed skater and track cyclist
 * Christa Ludwig (1928–2021), German opera singer
 * Christa Luft (born 1938), German economist and politician
 * Christa Markwalder (born 1975), Swiss politician
 * Christa Mayer, German opera singer
 * Christa C. Mayer Thurman (born 1934), German-born American curator, art historian
 * Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), American teacher and astronaut
 * Christa Merten (1944–1986), German long-distance runner
 * Christa Miller (born 1964), American actress
 * Christa Mulack (1943–2021), German educator
 * Christa Muth (born 1949), German systems scientist, management professor and management consultant
 * Christa Neuper (born 1958), Austrian psychologist
 * Christa Nickels (born 1952), German politician
 * Christa Öckl (born 1943), German archer
 * Christa Perathoner (born 1987), Italian biathlete
 * Christa Peters (1933–1981), German fashion photographer
 * Christa Päffgen (1938–1988), German fashion model, later actress & singer known as Nico
 * Christa Pike (born 1976), American murderer
 * Christa Prets (born 1947), Austrian politician
 * Christa Randzio-Plath (born 1940), German lawyer
 * Christa Reinig (1926–2008), German poet, writer and dramatist
 * Christa Riffel (born 1998), German racing cyclist
 * Christa Rigozzi (born 1983), Miss Switzerland 2006
 * Christa Ruppert (1935–2010), German-born Portuguese violinist
 * Christa Sammler (born 1932), German sculptor
 * Christa Sauls (born 1972), American model and actress
 * Christa Schmidt (born 1941), German politician
 * Christa Schroeder (1908–1984), one of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s personal secretaries
 * Christa Schumann-Lottmann (born 1964), Guatemalan sprinter
 * Christa Siems (1916–1990), German actress
 * Christa Simmons (born 1985), Guyanese beauty pageant winner
 * Christa Kabitz Sommer (1918–2011), German artist
 * Christa Speck (1942–2013), German model and actress
 * Christa Staak (21st century), German rower
 * Christa Striezel (born 1949), German long jumper
 * Christa Stubnick (1933–2021), East German athlete
 * Christa Théret (born 1991), French actress
 * Christa Tordy (1904–1945), German actress
 * Christa Agnes Tuczay (born 1952), Austrian university professor
 * Christa Vahlensieck (born 1949), German long-distance runner
 * Christa Frieda Vogel (born 1960), German photographer
 * Christa von Szabó, Austrian figure skater
 * Christa Wells (born 1973), American singer-songwriter
 * Christa Wiese (born 1967), German shot putter
 * Christa Williams (1926–2012), German pop singer
 * Christa Williams (softball) (born 1978), American softball player
 * Christa Winsloe (1888–1944), German novelist, playwright and sculptor
 * Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German literary critic, novelist, and essayist
 * Christa Worthington (1956–2002), American fashion writer
 * Christa Zechmeister (born 1957), German alpine skier