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Meaning

The name Crystal has the following meaning:

Many people may think that "Crystal" is simply an English word referring to the natural formation of crystals. However, "Crystal" is actually Greek for "Ice". It has been increasing in popularity ever since the 1950s. Especially popular in the 70s and 80s.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Crystal is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 158 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Crystal fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 31 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 282 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Crystal in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Crystal is pronounced as kris-tuhl

Origins

Crystal originates from the Greek language.
See other suggested Greek girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Crystal and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Crystal: Boys - Alexander, Griffin, Homer, Mathias, Oceanus, Sanders, Girls - Calla, Daria, Dionysia, Elliana, Iphigenia, Metta, Penelope, Philomena, Tiffany, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, Barbara

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Crystal: Christal (English), Chrystal (English), Chrystalle, Chrystel, Chrystle, Cristal (English), Crysta, Crystel, Crystella, Crysthelle, Crystle, Crystole, Khrystle, Kristal (English), Krystal (English), Krystle (English)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Crystal are: Cris, Christie

Style

We think the name Crystal should fall under the following style category: The 70's.

See other The 70's girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Crystal to be: A wealthy, beautiful woman, who is talented, but can be pretentious

In one word, you might describe Crystal as a(n) "wealthy" person.

See other "wealthy" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Crystal (or its variants) are:

William Edward Billy Crystal, born on 14 March, a famous actor. William Edward Billy Crystal's background: American Actor. He is a golden globe award- nominated and Emmy Award- winning actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on ABC sitcom 'Soap' and became a hollywood star in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Crystal Lowe, born on 20 January, a famous actress. Crystal Lowe's background: Canadian Actress. She is most well known for acting in horror films such as Final Destination 3, Snakes on planes and Wrong Turn 2: Dead end. She started modelling and was awarded the Miss Teen Oriental. It was at age 15 when she started acting seriously, landing a guest star role in an episode of star gate
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