Crystal
The Crystal Ball by John William Waterhouse.
Pronunciation/ˈkrɪstəl/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameGreek
MeaningCrystal
Other names
Related namesChrystal, Kristal, Krystal, Cristal, Kristel, Kristol, Krystle

Crystal (/ˈkrɪstəl/) is a common English language female given name. Variant forms of the name include Kristal, Krystal, Cristal, Kristel, Krystle and Kristol.

As a feminine name, it is a 19th-century coinage, derived from crystal, a transparent quartz gemstone, usually colorless, that can be cut to reflect brilliant light, whose name comes from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος krystallos "ice". It increased in usage along with other names suggestive of gemstones. As a masculine name, it is a Scottish diminutive of Christopher.[1] Cristal is a Spanish variant. The Greek variant of the name is Crystallia or Krystallia (Κρυσταλλία). Usage of the name increased in the 1980s due to the character Krystle on the television series Dynasty.[2]

Usage

The name and its spelling variants have been well used throughout the Anglosphere. It ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in the United States between 1884 and 2021 and was among the top 100 names for American girls between 1971 and 1997. It reached peak popularity in 1982, when it was the ninth most popular name given to newborn American girls. It was among the top 100 names given to newborn girls in Canada between 1973 and 1994, and was among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2021, among the top 100 names for girls in New Zealand between 1982 and 2000, and among the top 100 names for girls in Australia between 1982 and 1991.[3]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 65-66. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
  2. ↑ "Crystal". nameberry.com. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Crystal". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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