Christine is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “Follower of Christ.” In 2024 it was given to 197 girls in the United States.
Christine at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“Follower of Christ”
Pronunciation
/ˌkɹɪˈstiːn/
About the name Christine
Christine belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “Follower of Christ” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Christine first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #14 in 1967, and in 2024 197 babies received the name — 586,277 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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