Entry № 5595 · English origin

Kristi Kristi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KRIS-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Follower of Christ (Kristi Yamaguchi, 1992 Olympic figure-skating gold)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "follower of christ (kristi yamaguchi, 1992 olympic figure-skating gold)".

Kristi is a 20th-century American diminutive of Kristina / Christine — from the Greek christianos (follower of Christ). Two-time World Champion (1991, 1992); five-time US Champion. Married NHL player Bret Hedican in 2000. Kristi McNichol (born 1962) — American actress.

Subject of countless Olympic figure-skating retrospectives.

Follower of Christ.

The name in its native script.

Kristi
Transliteration
Kristi
Pronunciation
/ ˈkrɪs.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kristi stands.

Kristi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kristis before her.

Real people
Kristi Yamaguchi
American Olympic figure skater.
born 1971
Kristi Noem
American politician.
born 1971
In fiction
Kristi
Various American TV.

Names connected to Kristi.

The number behind Kristi.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kristi reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.