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Zusammenfassung
- No one named Christina appears in the Bible. The name is a feminine form of the Latin Christianus, “a Christian.”
- The word Christian occurs three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- Christ is a title, from the Greek for “anointed,” and translates the Hebrew Messiah (John 1:41).
- Christine is the French form, Cristina the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, and Kristina the Scandinavian and eastern European.
- Saints of the name include Christina of Bolsena, a third-century martyr honoured in the Orthodox Church as Christina of Tyre, and Christina the Astonishing, a different woman who died about 1224.
- Christina peaked at 12th among names for American girls in 1975 and 1985.
Literaturverzeichnis (Zum Anzeigen klicken)
- Behind the Name, “Christina,” “Christine,” “Kristina” and “Christian,” with United States popularity figures from Social Security Administration data. https://www.behindthename.com/name/christina
- Blue Letter Bible, Strong’s G5546, christianos, with its three New Testament occurrences. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g5546/kjv/tr/0-1/
- “Christians,” Wikipedia, section on etymology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians
- Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Romans, chapter 3, in Vornizänische Väter, vol. 1. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0107.htm
- “Christina of Bolsena,” “Christina the Astonishing,” “Christina von Stommeln,” “Agostina Camozzi” and “Christina, Queen of Sweden,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Bolsena
- Orthodox Church in America, “Martyr Christina of Tyre,” lives of the saints for 24 July. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/07/24
- Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version: John 1:41; Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16.
