Kristell
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tel
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Kristell is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Kristell mean?
Greek: spelling of Christel; German pet form of Christine
“follower of Christ”
A German pet form of Christine, from Greek christos, 'anointed'.
Meaning borrowed from Christel.
Is Kristell a girl's or a boy's name?
Kristell is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kristell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Kristell, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Kristell than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Kristell in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Kristell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Kristell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Kristell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra Maisie Isla Harper Harlow Chloe Zoe Miller Phoebe Kinsley Oakley Campbell
Other spellings of Kristell
Crystal Krystal Cristel Cristal Kristel Kristal Christal Chrystal
Names related to Kristell
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Margot Luke Sophie Iris Lainey Elena
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kristell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kristell, updated 20 October 2026.