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Kristiina

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Estonian

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Proper noun

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Kristiina

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Christina
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Finnish

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Etymology

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< Swedish Kristina < Latin Christiana

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkristiːnɑ/, [ˈkris̠tiːnɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -istiːnɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Kris‧tii‧na

Proper noun

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Kristiina

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Christina
    • 2001, Olli Lehto, Korkeat maailmat. Rolf Nevanlinnan elämä, Otava, →ISBN, page 218:
      Rolf jäi lapsensa nimestä päättäneen piirin ulkopuolelle, mutta oli tyytyväinen valintaan. Kristiina oli hänestä aristokraattinen ja klassinen, oikea herrasväen nimi.
      Rolf was left outside of the group that gave the name to his child, but was satisfied with the choice. Kristiina sounded aristocratic and classical to him, a name fit for someone in the gentry.

Declension

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Inflection of Kristiina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Kristiina Kristiinat
genitive Kristiinan Kristiinojen
partitive Kristiinaa Kristiinoja
illative Kristiinaan Kristiinoihin
singular plural
nominative Kristiina Kristiinat
accusative nom. Kristiina Kristiinat
gen. Kristiinan
genitive Kristiinan Kristiinojen
Kristiinain rare
partitive Kristiinaa Kristiinoja
inessive Kristiinassa Kristiinoissa
elative Kristiinasta Kristiinoista
illative Kristiinaan Kristiinoihin
adessive Kristiinalla Kristiinoilla
ablative Kristiinalta Kristiinoilta
allative Kristiinalle Kristiinoille
essive Kristiinana Kristiinoina
translative Kristiinaksi Kristiinoiksi
abessive Kristiinatta Kristiinoitta
instructive Kristiinoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Kristiina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds
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Statistics

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  • Kristiina is the 164th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,024 female individuals (and as a middle name to 71,171 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.