Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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From French Christine, a cognate of English Christina.

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Examples

  • CAROL LEE, CHRISTINE RUDY ` S MOTHER: I know Christine was all excited about the baby coming and the baby shower that we were going to have on her.

    CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2005 2005

  • Cheesy laugh track, awful plot that makes little to no sense, and one dimensional characters not worth exploring in any way New christine, the ex husband, the annoying kid, and Old Christine, as examples, and you’ve got every sitcom from 1980-1995.

    Emmy hangover: Conan's plane-crash sketch | EW.com 2006

  • THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE - With Barb (Wanda Sykes) in a Caribbean jail after being arrested on immigration charges at Richard and New Christine's (Clark Gregg and Emily Rutherfurd) wedding debacle, Christine and Matthew (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Hamish Linklater) fly to the Bahamas to try to get her an illegal visa. (8 p.m.,

    Latest News 2010

  • THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE - With Barb (Wanda Sykes) in a Caribbean jail after being arrested on immigration charges at Richard and New Christine's (Clark Gregg and Emily Rutherfurd) wedding debacle, Christine and Matthew (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Hamish Linklater) fly to the Bahamas to try to get her an illegal visa. (8 p.m.,

    Latest News 2010

  • The British embassy provided her with a false passport under the name Christine Granville, and she made it to Yugoslavia, then Turkey and finally Egypt, careening across the Eastern Mediterranean in a redoubtable little Opel.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • The British embassy provided her with a false passport under the name Christine Granville, and she made it to Yugoslavia, then Turkey and finally Egypt, careening across the Eastern Mediterranean in a redoubtable little Opel.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • The British embassy provided her with a false passport under the name Christine Granville, and she made it to Yugoslavia, then Turkey and finally Egypt, careening across the Eastern Mediterranean in a redoubtable little Opel.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • The British embassy provided her with a false passport under the name Christine Granville, and she made it to Yugoslavia, then Turkey and finally Egypt, careening across the Eastern Mediterranean in a redoubtable little Opel.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • Consider This: People have a better opinion of the name Christine than of this uncommon variation.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

  • Consider This: People have a better opinion of the name Christine than of this uncommon variation.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

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