Khrystyna as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Khrystyna

What is the meaning of the name Khrystyna ?

The baby name Khrystyna is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced khris-TEE-nah (Ukrainian IPA: /xrɪˈstɪnɑ/).

Khrystyna is Ukrainian in Origin.

Khrystyna is the standard Ukrainian form of the pan-European Christian name borne by saints and martyrs. It stems from Greek Christos “anointed; Christ,” passing into Church Slavonic and then Ukrainian as Христина; semantically it means “a Christian, follower of Christ.” The initial Kh reflects the Ukrainian transliteration of the Cyrillic letter Х. The name spread with the Christianization of Kyivan Rus’ and appears in Orthodox and Greek-Catholic calendars; it has remained steady in use in Ukraine and among the diaspora, where the Kh spelling signals Ukrainian identity.

Variants and cognates include Ukrainian diminutives Khrystia and Khrystynka (and the pan-European Tina); English Christina and Christine; Scandinavian/Germanic Kristin, Kirsten; Slavic Kristina/Kristína; Polish Krystyna (diminutive Krysia); Belarusian Khrystsina; South Slavic Hristina; and Russian Kristina. Alternate Ukrainian romanizations sometimes render it as Chrystyna or Hristyna, but Khrystyna most closely follows the modern national system.