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Krista

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See also: krista and kristā

English

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Etymology

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A spelling variant of Christa, a modern short form of Christina, partly borrowed from German Christa.

Proper noun

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Krista

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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Variant spelling of Christa, from German Christa.

Proper noun

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Krista

  1. a female given name

Estonian

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Etymology

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From German Christa. A variant of Kristiina (Christina).

Proper noun

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Krista

  1. a female given name

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Krista

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

  • son of Krista: Kristuson
  • daughter of Krista: Kristudóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Krista
accusative Kristu
dative Kristu
genitive Kristu

Finnish

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Etymology

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From German Christa. First recorded in Finland in the 1940s.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkristɑ/, [ˈkris̠tɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -istɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Kris‧ta

Proper noun

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Krista

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Inflection of Krista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Krista Kristat
genitive Kristan Kristojen
partitive Kristaa Kristoja
illative Kristaan Kristoihin
singular plural
nominative Krista Kristat
accusative nom. Krista Kristat
gen. Kristan
genitive Kristan Kristojen
Kristain rare
partitive Kristaa Kristoja
inessive Kristassa Kristoissa
elative Kristasta Kristoista
illative Kristaan Kristoihin
adessive Kristalla Kristoilla
ablative Kristalta Kristoilta
allative Kristalle Kristoille
essive Kristana Kristoina
translative Kristaksi Kristoiksi
abessive Kristatta Kristoitta
instructive Kristoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Krista (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kristani Kristani
accusative nom. Kristani Kristani
gen. Kristani
genitive Kristani Kristojeni
Kristaini rare
partitive Kristaani Kristojani
inessive Kristassani Kristoissani
elative Kristastani Kristoistani
illative Kristaani Kristoihini
adessive Kristallani Kristoillani
ablative Kristaltani Kristoiltani
allative Kristalleni Kristoilleni
essive Kristanani Kristoinani
translative Kristakseni Kristoikseni
abessive Kristattani Kristoittani
instructive
comitative Kristoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Kristasi Kristasi
accusative nom. Kristasi Kristasi
gen. Kristasi
genitive Kristasi Kristojesi
Kristaisi rare
partitive Kristaasi Kristojasi
inessive Kristassasi Kristoissasi
elative Kristastasi Kristoistasi
illative Kristaasi Kristoihisi
adessive Kristallasi Kristoillasi
ablative Kristaltasi Kristoiltasi
allative Kristallesi Kristoillesi
essive Kristanasi Kristoinasi
translative Kristaksesi Kristoiksesi
abessive Kristattasi Kristoittasi
instructive
comitative Kristoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kristamme Kristamme
accusative nom. Kristamme Kristamme
gen. Kristamme
genitive Kristamme Kristojemme
Kristaimme rare
partitive Kristaamme Kristojamme
inessive Kristassamme Kristoissamme
elative Kristastamme Kristoistamme
illative Kristaamme Kristoihimme
adessive Kristallamme Kristoillamme
ablative Kristaltamme Kristoiltamme
allative Kristallemme Kristoillemme
essive Kristanamme Kristoinamme
translative Kristaksemme Kristoiksemme
abessive Kristattamme Kristoittamme
instructive
comitative Kristoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Kristanne Kristanne
accusative nom. Kristanne Kristanne
gen. Kristanne
genitive Kristanne Kristojenne
Kristainne rare
partitive Kristaanne Kristojanne
inessive Kristassanne Kristoissanne
elative Kristastanne Kristoistanne
illative Kristaanne Kristoihinne
adessive Kristallanne Kristoillanne
ablative Kristaltanne Kristoiltanne
allative Kristallenne Kristoillenne
essive Kristananne Kristoinanne
translative Kristaksenne Kristoiksenne
abessive Kristattanne Kristoittanne
instructive
comitative Kristoinenne

Statistics

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  • Krista is the 145th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,848 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,720 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Krista f (proper noun, genitive singular Kristu)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1683. Short form of Kristīna (Christina).

Proper noun

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Krista f

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Krista was the only given name of 1701 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.