Christy (surname)

Christy is an Irish name meaning of Christ, in reference to Jesus.

Due to emigration to the United States, Christy has also been used as an Americanization of Scandinavian last names such as the Danish Christiansen). As a result, a small number of Danes with the last name Christy are descendants of a family which emigrated to the US in the early 20th century.  However, most of the children returned to Denmark in the 1920s. For this reason, a large majority of Danish citizens with the last name Christy are related by blood.

People with the surname Christy

 * Al Christy (1918–1995), US actor
 * Alfred Christy (1818–1876), English cricketer
 * Ann Christy (actress) (1905–1987), US film actress
 * Ann Christy (singer) (1945–1984), Belgian singer
 * Barrett Christy (fl. 1990s), US snowboarder
 * Cuthbert Christy (1863–1932), British doctor and zoologist
 * David Christy (1870–1919), Australian football athlete
 * Dick Christy (1935–1966), US football athlete
 * Dorothy Christy (1906–1977), US actress
 * Earl Christy (born 1943), US football player
 * Edwin Pearce Christy (1815–1862), US musician and producer
 * Elisa Christy (1917–2018), Mexican singer and dancer
 * Eva Christy (1869–1954), English riding instructor and writer
 * George Christy (fl. 1840s), US singer and dancer
 * Harley H. Christy (1870–1950), US admiral
 * Henry Christy (1810–1865), English ethnologist
 * Howard Chandler Christy (1873–1952), US artist famous for the "Christy Girl"
 * James W. Christy (born 1938), US astronomer
 * Jeff Christy (born 1969), US football player
 * Jim Christy (born 1951), US scientist
 * Jim Christy (cricketer) (1904–1971), South African cricketer
 * John Christy, US climate scientist
 * June Christy (1925–1990), US singer
 * Karen Christy (born 1951), US model
 * Ken Christy (1894–1962), US actor
 * Lauren Christy (fl. 1990s), English singer
 * Paul Christy (1939–2021), US wrestler
 * Pierre Roland, born Pierre Roland Christy, Indonesian actor
 * Richard Christy (born 1974), US drummer, comedian, actor, radio personality
 * Robert F. Christy (1916–2012), US physicist