Christina
f.
Old English christen, Old High German kristān 'Christian'.
The name of many early medieval saints. The name of many medieval Swedish queens and queen consorts.
Often confused with Christiana, of related origin.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Cristina (nom) chlumecky 76,
Cristine (dat) ibid. 123;
1356 Cristina (nom) ibid. 134
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Cristina (nom) GASurv p. 110,
Cristine (gen) ibid. p. 130;
1279–80 Cristina (nom) WaHR-SK p. 28;
1300 Cristina (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 232;
1381 Christina (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 80,
Cristena (nom) ibid. p. 113,
Cristina (nom) ibid. p. 75;
1408 Cristina (nom) GCCYork p.12;
1418 Cristine (dat) EEW p. 44
- English
- ● 1539 Crystyn BarnstapleBap p. 1;
1541 Cristen ibid. p. 2;
1578 Christena DEmar-vol1 p. 84;
1581 Christen ibid. p. 84;
1598 Christeen DEmar-vol2 p. 38
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Cristina (nom) irminon-vol2 22, Palatiolum
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Cristina (abl) TradCorb §61;
1142 Christina (abl) mairhofer I
- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Cristina Nurn1497 54
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1527 Christina (nom) Rome1527 p. 88
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● a1286 Christine (gen) RigSB 2;
1289 Christine (dat) ibid. 15;
1294 Christine (gen) ibid. 45;
1300 Cristine (dat) ibid. 410
- Middle Low German
- ● 1523 Kerstyn Arbusow p. 98
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Cristin SRA-vol2 no. 1919
Cite as: R. Le Get, N. Shiel, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Christina". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Christina.