Christa

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

Translations

 * Danish: Christa
 * Estonian: Krista
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Latvian: Krista
 * Swedish: Krista

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from German

Etymology
Probably borrowed from, where it is a shortening of and.

Etymology
Short form of and. Popularized through 19th century German literature.

Usage notes

 * Popular in Germany in the 1930s and the 1940s.