Kirstie is the Scottish diminutive of Kirsten / Christine — from the Greek christianos ("follower of Christ"). **A top-500 US baby name from 1986 to 1995, riding the popularity of Kirstie Alley**. **Kirstie Alley (1951-2022)** — **American actress; Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Rebecca Howe on NBC's *Cheers* (1987-1993), replacing Shelley Long; a second Emmy for *David's Mother* (1994)**; starred in the *Look Who's Talking* film trilogy (1989-1993) opposite John Travolta and as Mollie; *Veronica's Closet* (1997-2000); *Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan* (1982) as Lieutenant Saavik in her film debut. **Kirstie Maldonado (born 1992)** — American singer; founding member of the five-time Grammy-winning a cappella group Pentatonix, which won NBC's *The Sing-Off* (2011) and became the first a cappella act to reach #1 on the *Billboard* 200. **Kirstie** *(2013)* — TV Land sitcom. **Kirstie** is the warmer Scottish-vernacular form of the more formal Kirsten and Christine; it surged in the UK and US during the late 1980s and is now a vintage-of-the-80s revival candidate.
Featured throughout 1980s-2010s American culture.
Kirstie reduces to one — the number of Cheers.