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Kirsi

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Kirsi is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kirsi mean?

Greek: Finnish short form of Kristiina, the Finnish form of Christina

“follower of Christ”

Finnish short form of Kristiina, the Finnish form of Christina, which comes from Greek Christos meaning anointed.

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Is Kirsi a girl's or a boy's name?

Kirsi is a girls' name.

How popular is Kirsi in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.

Half of all the girls named Kirsi in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1994Busiest: 12 in 20022023
Kirsi in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20235#15,188
20220–
20216#13,459
20206#13,448
20195#15,532
20180–
20170–
20165#16,210
20155#16,413
20140–
20135#16,542
20120–
20119#11,175
20100–
20099#11,454
20085#17,498
20070–
20060–
20050–
20046#14,172
20030–
200212#8,274
20010–
20000–
19996#12,681
19980–
19975#13,719
19968#9,576
19959#8,761
19949#8,798

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