Christine

Meaning

Christine comes from the Christian name tradition built on Greek Christos, “anointed one,” passed through Latin and French into English. The excerpts show it as a feminine form of Christian, associated with the sense of being a Christ-bearer or Christian woman. They also note that its popularity in England was boosted by Bunyan’s Christiana, with the name spreading onward through Germany or Scotland into Scandinavia.

Origin

Fun fact

The excerpts say Scandinavian forms like Kirste or Kirstine developed from Christine, and that the Northmen later coined their own masculine Christian forms too.