# Christa

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,783

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

## Etymology
Contraction of Christina and Christiana. Rare until the second half of the 20th century, reinforced by the German Christa.

## Easily confused with
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-crist)
- **Cristo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-cristo)
- **Christy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-christy)
- **Christie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-christie)
- **christen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-christen)
- **Christmas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-christmas)
- **Christian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-christian)
- **Christina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christa-vs-christina)
- **Chris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chris-vs-christa)
- **Christ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/christ-vs-christa)
- **Chrissy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chrissy-vs-christa)
- **charisma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charisma-vs-christa)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchrista`, `chhrista`, `chirsta`, `chrisat`, `chrissta`, `christta`, `chritsa`, `chrrista`, `chrsita`, `crhista`, `hcrista`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/christa