Christine (name)

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, and it is often associated with the meaning "Follower of Christ." 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

 * کریستین (Persian)
 * كريستين (Arabic)
 * Крысціна (Kryścina) (Belarusian)
 * খ্রীস্টিন (Khrīsṭina) (Bengali)
 * Hristina (Bosnian)
 * Кристин (Kristin) (Bulgarian)
 * Χριστίνα (Christina, Hristina) (Greek)
 * ક્રિસ્ટીન (Krisṭīna) (Gujarati)
 * כריסטין (Hebrew)
 * क्रिस्टीना (Krisṭīna) (Hindi)
 * Cristina (Italian)
 * Christine (Indonesian)
 * クリスティーヌ (Kurisutīnu), クリスティーン　(Kurisutīn) (Japanese)
 * 克莉丝汀(kèlìsītīng) (Chinese)
 * கிரிஸ்தீன் (Krisṭin) (Tamil)
 * ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಿನ್ (Krisṭin) (Kannada)
 * 크리스틴 (Keuriseutin) (Korean)
 * Кристин (Kristin) (Macedonian)
 * क्रिस्टिन (Krisṭina) (Nepali)
 * کریستین (Persian)
 * Krystyna (Polish)
 * Kristýna (Czech)
 * Kristína (Slovakian)
 * Кристина, Христина (Kristina, Khristina ) (Russian)
 * Cristina (Kristina) (Spanish)
 * Cristine (Tagalog)
 * Kristīne (Latvian)
 * קריסטין (Krystyn) (Yiddish)
 * ქრისტინე (Georgian)
 * Христина (Ukrainian)
 * Kristina (Lithuanian)
 * Krisztina (Hungarian)

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

 * Saint Christina of Bolsena: feast day on 24 July
 * Saint Christina of Persia: feast day, 13-14 March
 * Saint Christina of Ancyra: feast day, 18 May

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

 * Christine Michael (born 1990), an American football player running back

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 TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
 * 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