Christine Forename
88th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 4,083,973 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna
Christine Forename Definition:
A female name. from Old English christen, ‘christian’. The earliest example of the name is Christina, sister of Edgar Atheling, who was born in Hungary and fl. 1086. It has been in use in England ever since but, until recently, was not as common as Christian q.
Read More About This ForenameChristine Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 771,367 | 1:470 | 81 |
| Germany | 100% | 508,318 | 1:190 | 41 |
| France | 100% | 496,370 | 1:134 | 27 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 404,573 | 1:182 | 10 |
| Uganda | 100% | 362,250 | 1:113 | 13 |
| England | 100% | 277,932 | 1:200 | 29 |
| Kenya | 100% | 167,759 | 1:276 | 33 |
| Philippines | 99% | 110,719 | 1:957 | 185 |
| Austria | 100% | 103,605 | 1:82 | 9 |
| Canada | 100% | 83,185 | 1:398 | 59 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 82,109 | 1:263 | 21 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 53,177 | 1:214 | 26 |
| Belgium | 100% | 52,018 | 1:221 | 29 |
| Zambia | - | 47,641 | 1:333 | 58 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 47,074 | 1:174 | 22 |
| Australia | - | 44,648 | 1:306 | 53 |
| Benin | 100% | 41,744 | 1:253 | 7 |
| Egypt | 100% | 24,117 | 1:3,811 | 468 |
| Sudan | 100% | 23,203 | 1:1,629 | 305 |
| Scotland | 100% | 23,039 | 1:232 | 49 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 22,651 | 1:681 | 120 |
| Burundi | 100% | 21,000 | 1:472 | 120 |
| South Africa | 100% | 20,488 | 1:2,662 | 461 |
| New Zealand | - | 17,073 | 1:266 | 33 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 16,929 | 1:1,396 | 325 |
| Wales | 100% | 16,076 | 1:192 | 29 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 16,033 | 1:1,146 | 188 |
| South Sudan | 98% | 15,866 | 1:728 | 189 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 11,564 | 1:22,307 | 3,085 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,498 | 1:1,470 | 307 |
| Ghana | 97% | 10,619 | 1:2,541 | 405 |
| Haiti | 100% | 8,494 | 1:1,263 | 200 |
| Ireland | 100% | 8,162 | 1:569 | 122 |
| Guinea | 100% | 7,763 | 1:1,528 | 206 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7,369 | 1:3,131 | 337 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 7,179 | 1:1,136 | 124 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,704 | 1:14,553 | 2,023 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5,994 | 1:8,807 | 1,209 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 5,794 | 1:3,590 | 617 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Norway | 100% | 5,480 | 1:937 | 218 |
| Denmark | - | 5,113 | 1:1,105 | 218 |
| Italy | 100% | 4,786 | 1:12,758 | 710 |
| Mali | 100% | 4,694 | 1:3,617 | 379 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,663 | 1:6,608 | 1,021 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4,649 | 1:1,210 | 253 |
| Togo | - | 4,285 | 1:1,689 | 263 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,260 | 1:677 | 172 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 4,056 | 1:7,507 | 874 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,524 | 1:19,882 | 2,732 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,457 | 1:2,852 | 393 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,398 | 1:4,002 | 601 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,202 | 1:66,907 | 4,301 |
| Namibia | - | 2,968 | 1:810 | 167 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,723 | 1:677 | 159 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,603 | 1:523 | 53 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2,520 | 1:5,786 | 531 |
| Morocco | 100% | 2,402 | 1:14,300 | 995 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,163 | 1:21,512 | 1,246 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,844 | 1:1,021 | 230 |
| China | - | 1,822 | 1:749,756 | 30,755 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 1,816 | 1:97,778 | 5,554 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,563 | 1:361 | 82 |
| Malta | - | 1,562 | 1:275 | 50 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,484 | 1:182 | 27 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,463 | 1:4,297 | 728 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,417 | 1:12,076 | 1,273 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,405 | 1:284 | 44 |
| India | 100% | 1,270 | 1:956,597 | 63,504 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,222 | 1:1,939 | 208 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,192 | 1:8,751 | 1,069 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,125 | 1:6,891 | 585 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,115 | 1:4,493 | 688 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,098 | 1:9,959 | 613 |
| Liberia | 93% | 1,095 | 1:4,029 | 514 |
| Vanuatu | - | 981 | 1:267 | 45 |
| French Polynesia | - | 903 | 1:308 | 42 |
| Portugal | - | 858 | 1:12,134 | 687 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 848 | 1:1,530 | 265 |
| Fiji | - | 834 | 1:1,070 | 241 |
| Poland | 100% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Guyana | 100% | 764 | 1:999 | 144 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 760 | 1:112 | 29 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Tonga | - | 717 | 1:150 | 33 |
| Suriname | 100% | 658 | 1:840 | 143 |
| Iraq | 100% | 618 | 1:56,663 | 1,859 |
| Bahrain | - | 518 | 1:2,604 | 433 |
| Finland | 100% | 445 | 1:12,322 | 881 |
| Romania | 100% | 417 | 1:48,086 | 2,779 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 413 | 1:33 | 6 |
| Guam | - | 394 | 1:408 | 59 |
| Jersey | 100% | 393 | 1:254 | 45 |
| Barbados | - | 383 | 1:757 | 178 |
| Dominica | - | 382 | 1:198 | 43 |
| Chile | 100% | 334 | 1:52,716 | 1,839 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 319 | 1:2,731 | 386 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 307 | 1:123 | 21 |
| Taiwan | 61% | 305 | 1:77,933 | 10,137 |
| Jordan | 100% | 292 | 1:30,229 | 1,274 |
| Mexico | 99% | 281 | 1:441,795 | 5,270 |
| Guernsey | - | 276 | 1:229 | 51 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 262 | 1:679 | 92 |
| Botswana | 100% | 253 | 1:8,634 | 1,291 |
| Grenada | 100% | 243 | 1:445 | 51 |
| Ecuador | - | 242 | 1:73,252 | 2,122 |
| Somalia | - | 239 | 1:56,594 | 2,774 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 232 | 1:399 | 66 |
| South Korea | - | 232 | 1:23,898 | 2,134 |
| Belize | 100% | 227 | 1:1,561 | 349 |
| Russia | 100% | 220 | 1:655,608 | 6,531 |
| Oman | - | 211 | 1:19,472 | 1,699 |
| Japan | - | 207 | 1:618,290 | 12,198 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 184 | 1:596 | 94 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 175 | 1:3,320 | 486 |
| Czechia | 100% | 163 | 1:65,375 | 947 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 155 | 1:198,622 | 4,583 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Monaco | 100% | 152 | 1:253 | 21 |
| Syria | - | 139 | 1:138,893 | 2,126 |
| Brunei | - | 136 | 1:3,085 | 313 |
| Iran | 100% | 131 | 1:599,213 | 6,589 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 131 | 1:54,595 | 4,859 |
| Panama | 100% | 129 | 1:30,283 | 2,520 |
| Bermuda | - | 128 | 1:506 | 78 |
| Peru | 100% | 128 | 1:248,371 | 5,921 |
| Palestine | 98% | 122 | 1:37,296 | 1,353 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 120 | 1:828 | 146 |
| Hungary | 100% | 117 | 1:83,690 | 673 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 113 | 1:267,273 | 8,834 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 110 | 1:1,766,888 | 25,145 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 105 | 1:45,409 | 2,099 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 101 | 1:607 | 99 |
| Gibraltar | - | 99 | 1:345 | 71 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 98 | 1:558 | 92 |
| Estonia | 100% | 97 | 1:13,561 | 1,351 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 96 | 1:66 | 2 |
| Croatia | 100% | 95 | 1:44,390 | 1,643 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 82 | 1:196,444 | 3,026 |
| Turkey | 100% | 80 | 1:972,521 | 9,824 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 72 | 1:762 | 139 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 71 | 1:1,572 | 289 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:460 | 49 |
| Vietnam | - | 67 | 1:1,382,435 | 2,922 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 60 | 1:59,172 | 1,500 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 60 | 1:159 | 51 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Armenia | 100% | 48 | 1:60,807 | 2,004 |
| Andorra | - | 47 | 1:1,764 | 228 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 42 | 1:16,117 | 1,318 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,085 | 255 |
| Moldova | - | 31 | 1:114,875 | 1,335 |
| Macau | - | 30 | 1:20,274 | 368 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 30 | 1:241,227 | 3,553 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| Israel | 94% | 28 | 1:300,104 | 7,626 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,897 | 291 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Cambodia | - | 23 | 1:707,536 | 12,966 |
| Niger | 100% | 23 | 1:834,087 | 13,992 |
| Honduras | 100% | 21 | 1:419,879 | 6,925 |
| Argentina | 100% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| Iceland | - | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 17 | 1:201,626 | 3,724 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 16 | 1:108,014 | 84 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 16 | 1:1,109,178 | 11,387 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 15 | 1:401,222 | 7,581 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 14 | 1:947 | 149 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 14 | 1:145,714 | 11,276 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 11 | 1:482,733 | 2,217 |
| Georgia | 100% | 10 | 1:373,847 | 7,758 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Bulgaria | - | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Colombia | 100% | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 8 | 1:729 | 173 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 8 | 1:59,455 | 861 |
| Afghanistan | - | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 7 | 1:351,251 | 4,834 |
| Nauru | 100% | 6 | 1:1,988 | 259 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Cuba | - | 5 | 1:2,301,310 | 5,387 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Christiné (9), Chrístine (1) & Christíne (1) are calculated separately.
Christine (56,572) may also be a surname.
Christine Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. from Old English christen, ‘christian’. The earliest example of the name is Christina, sister of Edgar Atheling, who was born in Hungary and fl. 1086. It has been in use in England ever since but, until recently, was not as common as Christian q.v.
Cristina Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1346.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Rather Scottish (probably from France and Germany) than English, it is a mere variation of Christina.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Christ’s messenger.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Christine Forename Popularity
Christine Demographics
Average Christine Salary in
United States
$47,091 USD
Per year
Rank:
159,430 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.224729
Rank: 78 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
108.18%
Sample size: 393,401 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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