Tristina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- triss-TEE-nuh
- Origin
- Celtic
Tristina is a girls' name of Celtic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tristina mean?
Celtic: feminine form of Tristan, from Pictish Drustan
Feminine form of Tristan, hero of the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult.
Is Tristina a girl's or a boy's name?
Tristina is a girls' name.
How popular is Tristina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Tristina in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tristina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Nicknames for Tristina
- Tris
Names like Tristina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda, Samantha, Alanna, Tabitha, Alana, Tiana, Jessica, Miranda, Bianca, Sierra, Tessa, Serena
Names related to Tristina
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah, Cedric, Clyde
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, “Tristina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tristina, updated 20 October 2026.