Christie or Christy (with various alternative spellings) is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

, used in English for females. The name Christie originated from Italy in 1222, and derives from the Greek names ''Christos'' (a reference to Christ, literally 'anointed one') and ''Christiana'' (meaning 'follower of Christ'). The name ''Christy'' appears in Ireland in 1345, and is a common masculine name there. When used as a

personal name A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek ''prósōpon'' – person, and ''onoma'' –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a word-group, they all relate to that on ...

in English, it is usually a diminutive form of the personal names ''

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'', ''

Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

'', etc. (masculine), or '' Christine'', '' Christina'', etc. (feminine). The name "Christie" has been assigned other connotations, such as 'angel', 'cute', 'graceful', 'beautiful', 'lovely', even 'princess'.

People with the given name ''Christy''

* Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish writer and painter, author of ''

My Left Foot ''My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown'' is a 1989 Biographical film, biographical Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan (in his director debut) adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from My Left Foot (book), the 195 ...

'' * Christy Canyon (born 1966), American actress and radio personality *

Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a Canadian politician who served as the 35th premier of British Columbia from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female premi ...

(born 1965), Canadian politician * Christy Chung (born 1970), Canadian-Chinese actress * Christy Goldsmith Romero, American lawyer, Special Inspector General of the

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* Christy Gibson, Dutch-Thai actress *

Christy Hemme Christina Lee Hemme ( ; born October 28, 1980) is an American wrestling executive and retired professional wrestler, ring announcer, backstage interviewer, singer and model (person), model. She was previously signed to Total Nonstop Action Wre ...

(born 1980), American actress, professional wrestling valet, singer, ring announcer, retired professional wrestler, TNA Knockout, and former WWE Diva *

Christy Lemire Christy A. Lemire (née Nemetz; born August 30, 1972) is an American film critic and host of the movie review podcast ''Breakfast All Day''. She previously wrote for the Associated Press from 1999 to 2013, was a co-host of '' Ebert Presents at ...

(born 1972), American film critic * Christy Martin (footballer), a former Irish footballer * Christy Martin (boxer) (born 1968), American boxer *

Christy Mathewson Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for ...

(1880–1925), American baseball player * Christy Mihos former Independent candidate for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election 2006 *

Christy Moore Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the bands Planxty and Moving Hearts and has had significant success as a solo artist. His first albu ...

(born 1945), Irish folk singer-songwriter * Christy Nkanu (born 1998), Canadian football player * Christy O'Connor Snr (1924–2016), Irish golfer * Christy O'Connor Jnr (1948–2016), nephew of Christy Snr, Irish golfer * Christy Ren (born 1983), Hong Kong former short track speed skater Olympian * Christy Ring (1920–1979), Irish hurler * Christy Carlson Romano (born 1984), American actress * Christy Lou Sexton, American artist *

Christy Turlington Christy Nicole Turlington Burns ( Turlington; born January 2, 1969) is an American fashion model. She initially attracted fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a supermodel. She represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and aga ...

(born 1969), American supermodel Christy Anning born in Australia

People with the given name ''Christie''

* Christie Allen (1954–2008), English musician * Christie Ambrosi (born 1976), American baseball player * Christie Benet (1879–1951), American politician * Christie Blatchford (1951–2020), Canadian news reporter *

Christie Brinkley Christie Lee Brinkley (née Hudson; born February 2, 1954) is an American model. Brinkley appeared on an unprecedented three consecutive covers of ''Sports Illustrated'' Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Swimsuit Issues in 1979, 1980, and 1981 ...

(born 1954), American model * Christie Clark (born 1973), American film actress * Christie Cole (), American model * Christie Raleigh Crossley (born 1987), American Paralympic swimmer * Christie Dawes (born 1980), Australian paraplegic athlete *

Christie Golden Christie Golden (born November 21, 1963) is an American author. She has written many novels and several short stories in fantasy, horror and science fiction. Career Golden has written many novels and several short stories in the fields of science ...

(born 1963), American author *

Christie Harris Christie Lucy Harris, (November 21, 1907 – January 5, 2002) was a Canadian children's writer. She is best known for her portrayal of Haida First Nations culture in the 1966 novel '' Raven's Cry.'' Biography Harris was born in Newark, New Je ...

(1907–2002), Canadian author *

Christie Hayes Christie Ayrna Lynne Hayes is an Australian actress, known for her work on the television series ''Home and Away'' as Kirsty Phillips (née Sutherland) who she played from June 2000 to February 2005, and again from May 2008 to October 2009. Si ...

(born 1986), Australian actress * Christie Hefner (born 1952), American businesswoman * Christie Hennessy (1945–2007), Irish musician * Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918–2001), Sri Lankan-born Australian academic * Christie Lee Woods (born 1977), American model *Christie Pudlas (born 1993), Canadian iconic beauty and nurse * Christie Macaluso (born 1945), American Roman Catholic Prelate * Christie MacFadyen (), Canadian actress * Christie Mjolsness (), Canadian politician and athlete * Christie Morris (1882–1971), American cricketer * Christie Rampone (born 1975), American soccer player and coach * Christie Ricci (born 1982), American wrestler * Christie Ridgway (), American author * Christie D. Rowe (born 1978), American earthquake geologist * Christie Shaner (born 1984), American soccer player * Christie Welsh (born 1981), American soccer player * Christie Whitman (born 1946), American politician *

Christie Van Hees Christie Van Hees (born July 5, 1977) is a Canadians, Canadian retired racquetball player. Van Hees won two Racquetball World Championships, World Championships in women's singles and was the number one Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour, women ...

(born 1977), Canadian racquetball player * Christie Wolf (born 1966), American bodybuilder and model (Christine, also spelled "Christi")

People with the given name ''Christy''

People with the given name ''Christie''

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