Krista
See also: krista and kristā
English
Etymology
A spelling variant of Christa, a modern short form of Christina, partly borrowed from German Christa.
Proper noun
Krista
- A female given name.
Anagrams
- at risk, at-risk, kirats, kraits, sarkit, straik, takirs
Danish
Etymology
Variant spelling of Christa, from German Christa.
Proper noun
Krista
- A female given name.
Estonian
Etymology
From German Christa. A variant of Kristiina (“Christina”).
Proper noun
Krista
- A female given name.
Faroese
Proper noun
Krista
- A female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Krista: Kristuson
- daughter of Krista: Kristudóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Krista |
| Accusative | Kristu |
| Dative | Kristu |
| Genitive | Kristu |
Finnish
Etymology
From German Christa. First recorded in Finland in the 1940s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkristɑ]
- Hyphenation: Kris‧ta
Proper noun
Krista
- A female given name.
Declension
| 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 Kristainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | Kristoin | |
| abessive | Kristatta | Kristoitta | |
| comitative | — | Kristoineen | |
Anagrams
- karsti, sirkat
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰrɪsta/
- Rhymes: -ɪsta
Proper noun
Krista f
- A female given name
Declension
declension of Krista
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Krista | Kristan | Kristur | Kristurnar |
| accusative | Kristu | Kristuna | Kristur | Kristurnar |
| dative | Kristu | Kristunni | Kristum | Kristunum |
| genitive | Kristu | Kristunnar | Krista | Kristanna |
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1683. Short form of Kristīna (“Christina”).
Proper noun
Krista f
- A female given name.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Krista was the only given name of 1701 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.