Christiana Forename
Approximately 452,978 people bear this name
Christiana Forename Definition:
A female name. f. of Latin christianus ‘christian’. The common noun and adjective christian are found in English only from the 16th C, after the Renaissance, the earlier word being the Old English christen. The name Christian, however, together with its Latin form Christiana (occ Christiania) are found from the end of the 12th C, and are rather commoner than Christine (q.
Read More About This ForenameChristiana Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 327,818 | 1:542 | 75 |
| Ghana | 100% | 49,949 | 1:540 | 130 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 23,499 | 1:302 | 73 |
| United States | 100% | 6,263 | 1:57,886 | 3,091 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,713 | 1:54,734 | 6,834 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,378 | 1:2,450 | 377 |
| Germany | 100% | 4,353 | 1:22,209 | 972 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,054 | 1:2,834 | 554 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,325 | 1:7,107 | 1,310 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,063 | 1:7,055 | 966 |
| Liberia | 99% | 2,929 | 1:1,506 | 266 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,409 | 1:3,534 | 384 |
| England | 100% | 2,346 | 1:23,701 | 1,421 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1,869 | 1:466 | 82 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,562 | 1:7,000 | 481 |
| Gambia | - | 1,384 | 1:1,392 | 243 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,266 | 1:169,223 | 7,984 |
| South Africa | 98% | 824 | 1:66,180 | 6,224 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 767 | 1:1,775 | 347 |
| Congo | 100% | 588 | 1:8,519 | 1,143 |
| Jamaica | - | 557 | 1:5,176 | 807 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 445 | 1:165,905 | 7,708 |
| Philippines | 98% | 323 | 1:328,203 | 12,499 |
| Canada | 100% | 298 | 1:111,186 | 5,410 |
| Tanzania | 93% | 272 | 1:194,075 | 8,190 |
| Egypt | 67% | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| France | 100% | 229 | 1:290,263 | 4,028 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 204 | 1:82,853 | 4,621 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 196 | 1:41,906 | 2,014 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Namibia | - | 178 | 1:13,507 | 1,452 |
| Benin | 100% | 153 | 1:69,123 | 4,881 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 140 | 1:217,500 | 12,289 |
| Italy | 100% | 125 | 1:488,497 | 5,257 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 122 | 1:1,458 | 262 |
| Romania | 100% | 100 | 1:200,520 | 6,989 |
| Israel | 100% | 94 | 1:89,393 | 4,095 |
| India | 100% | 80 | 1:15,185,975 | 394,804 |
| Grenada | 100% | 78 | 1:1,386 | 288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 69 | 1:118,149 | 10,589 |
| Ireland | 100% | 68 | 1:68,287 | 1,962 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 66 | 1:233,694 | 13,428 |
| Australia | - | 65 | 1:210,117 | 5,134 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Scotland | 96% | 59 | 1:90,684 | 2,231 |
| Senegal | 100% | 57 | 1:255,813 | 4,611 |
| Uganda | 97% | 54 | 1:758,461 | 14,762 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 51 | 1:452,469 | 17,460 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 50 | 1:2,232 | 415 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| China | - | 44 | 1:31,046,722 | 61,111 |
| Thailand | 100% | 41 | 1:1,708,922 | 50,966 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Czechia | 100% | 36 | 1:296,004 | 1,948 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 35 | 1:160,788 | 3,919 |
| Sweden | 100% | 33 | 1:298,724 | 9,079 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 32 | 1:3,430 | 618 |
| Spain | 100% | 28 | 1:1,661,784 | 10,747 |
| Wales | 100% | 28 | 1:110,511 | 2,590 |
| Singapore | 100% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Russia | 100% | 16 | 1:9,014,606 | 35,676 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Iran | - | 13 | 1:6,038,221 | 21,383 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Croatia | 100% | 12 | 1:351,423 | 4,684 |
| Guyana | 100% | 10 | 1:76,326 | 6,296 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Chile | 100% | 6 | 1:2,934,535 | 17,145 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Montserrat | - | 5 | 1:975 | 152 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Peru | 50% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Christiaña (1) are calculated separately.
Christiana (5,572) may also be a surname.
Christiana Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. f. of Latin christianus ‘christian’. The common noun and adjective christian are found in English only from the 16th C, after the Renaissance, the earlier word being the Old English christen. The name Christian, however, together with its Latin form Christiana (occ Christiania) are found from the end of the 12th C, and are rather commoner than Christine (q.v.) which is derived from the Old English christen. Promptorium Parvulorum 1450 gives Kyrstyan or Kristyan as the English for Christiana, and Kirsty is still used as a pet-name in Scotland. Christian was still common in the 17th C, but Christiana is now more usual, and Christine is commoner than either. The surnames Christian, Christie, Christy, Christison are among those derived from it. It is sometimes abbreviated to Chrissy or Chris.
Christiana Curia Regis Rolls 1199, Feudal Aids 1285, 1303, The Coventry Leet Book 1424. Cristiane Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Christian The Coventry Leet Book 1424, Chester 1562.
Thef. of Christian (see Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress); probably suggested by Christina.
Christiana Forename Popularity
Christiana Demographics
Average Christiana Salary in
United States
$45,035 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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