Entry № 2032 · Latin origin

Christa Christa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KRIS-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Follower of Christ (Christa McAuliffe, Challenger teacher)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (German)

A name that means "follower of christ (christa mcauliffe, challenger teacher)".

Christa is the Germanic short form of Christina — from the Greek christianos (follower of Christ). Her motto: "I touch the future. Christa Wolf (1929-2011) — German novelist; Cassandra (1983).

Follower of Christ. 'I touch the future.

The name in its native script.

Christa
Transliteration
Christa
Pronunciation
/ ˈkrɪs.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Christa stands.

Christa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Christas before her.

Real people
Christa McAuliffe
Challenger teacher in space.
1948 – 1986
Christa Wolf
German novelist.
1929 – 2011
In fiction
Christa
Christa Wolf.

Names connected to Christa.

The number behind Christa.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Christa reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.