Meaning of name Krista

The name Krista has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Krista is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 503 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Krista fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 106 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 1000 in the Top 1000 charts. (A ranking of 1000 means that this name ranked 1000 or poorer in the 2008/2009 popularity surveys)

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

The name Krista is very likely a(n) German variant of the name Kristina. See other suggested German girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Kristina.

The following names are baby names related to Krista and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Krista: Boys - Danely, Denby, Denholm, Einar, Elvis, Erik, Garth, Gunnar, Gustav, Kason, Lambert, Girls - Dagny, Dahlia, Erika, Ingrid, Karina, Nessa, Nissa, Rona, Signe, Tyra, Both genders - Dyre, Eric, Harold

The name Krista is a variant of Kristina. Other popular variants of the name Kristina are: Christiana, Christina (Greek), Christine (French), Cristin (Irish), Cristina (Italian), Cristiona (Irish), Khristina (Russian), Kia (Swedish), Kirsten (Danish), Kirstin (Scottish), Krista (German), Kristeena, Krisztina (Hungarian), Tina (Nickname)

We think the name Krista should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Krista to be: A beautiful petite woman with wealth, brains and sophistication

In one word, you might describe Krista as a(n) "sophisticated" person.

See other "sophisticated" names for girls.