Christina or Cristina or Christiana or Christiane

[TabithaTwitchet]

Which do you like best?

Do you think that Christiana is a bit of a mouthful given that I don't really like to use nicknames/shortenings?

Our surname ends in "een"; does Christina *een sound silly?

Christiana is a bit of a mouthful, especially if you don't like nn.

Christina *een sounds fine.

I think Christiane is nicest though, I have French family with this name and have always liked it, pronounced Crees-tyan.

No it doesn't sound silly with your surname, as it ends in 'a' so not too repetitive.

I prefer Cristina or Christina. Hate the other two. I think it's a nice name that is never used these days and is pretty in its full form.

Christabel is lovely

Christina, definitely

Christina

Christina is prettiest. Prefer it spelled with the 'h'.

Christianne always sounds a bit made up to me. Ditto Christianna.

Well you all seem to be confirming what I thought, so I am obviously very conventional
Ilovemydog, my husband loves Christabel (and also Annabel, Isabel) as a name, I am not so sure myself though.

Christina is a lovely name.

Christianne, or Christabel!

There was a Christabel in The Times earlier in the week. Fabulous. I'm not posh enough but this Christabel's mother was clementine!!

dh wanted christiana, sounded too German for me.
not keen on christabel

I think Christabel is the best of the lot! Lovely. Christina is just too predictable and not so pretty IMO.

Christina is the best of the 4, love it

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Christina is beautiful, and I think very unusual now. Love it!

Christina x

I like Christina the best

Christina is the easiest to remember for your child and it is the wellest known spelling

Christina.

My name is Christine, but my dad always calls me Christabel as a nickname. Gets round the posh factor?