Kristina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Christina; royal name in Sweden, popular since Middle Ages.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Kristina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Kristina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 75 |
| 1999 | 52 |
| 2000 | 34 |
| 2001 | 42 |
| 2002 | 33 |
| 2003 | 28 |
| 2004 | 39 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2006 | 25 |
| 2007 | 36 |
| 2008 | 28 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2010 | 20 |
| 2011 | 17 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 21 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2015 | 20 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 15 |
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 12 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 27,772 |
| 2000 | 27,863 |
| 2001 | 27,899 |
| 2002 | 27,929 |
| 2003 | 28,140 |
| 2004 | 28,174 |
| 2005 | 27,993 |
| 2006 | 27,940 |
| 2007 | 27,839 |
| 2008 | 27,955 |
| 2009 | 27,842 |
| 2010 | 27,756 |
| 2011 | 27,677 |
| 2012 | 27,560 |
| 2013 | 27,468 |
| 2014 | 27,343 |
| 2015 | 27,242 |
| 2016 | 27,117 |
| 2017 | 26,994 |
| 2018 | 26,841 |
| 2019 | 26,717 |
| 2020 | 26,598 |
Kristina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Kristina.Hi! My name is Kristina.
- Har du träffat Kristina? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Kristina? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Kristina kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Kristina is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Kristinas mamma är lärare.Kristina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Kristinas mamma is Kristina's mum.
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Questions about Kristina
How do you pronounce Kristina in Swedish?
In IPA, Kristina is /krɪ²stiːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Kristina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Christina; royal name in Sweden, popular since Middle Ages.
How popular is Kristina in Sweden?
12 babies were named Kristina in 2022. In 2020, 26,598 people in Sweden had Kristina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.