Christie (surname)
For other uses, see Christie (disambiguation).
Christie is a surname of Scottish origin.
The name originated as a patronymic, meaning "son of Christian" or "son of Christopher".[1] When used as a personal name in present-day English, it is a pet form of the personal name Christian[2] (or, for females, of Christine/Christina).
At the time of the British Census of 1881,[3] the relative frequency of the surname Christie was highest in Kincardineshire (43.7 times the British average), followed by Shetland, Forfarshire, Fife, Aberdeenshire, Perthshire, Banffshire, Elginshire, Clackmannanshire and Haddingtonshire. In Scotland the Christies are considered to be a sept of Clan Farquharson .
Spelling variations of the Christie name include: Christie, Chrystie, Chrysty, Christy, McChristie, Christe, Christi, Christee and many more.
By surname
- A V. Christie (fl. 1990-2000s), American poet
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976), English author
- Al Christie (1881–1951), Canadian film maker
- Alec Christie (fl. 1990-2000s), English actor
- Alexander Christie (governor) (1792–1872), Scottish-born Canadian explorer
- Alexander Christie (bishop) (1848–1925), American Roman Catholic Bishop
- Amalie Christie (1913–2010), Norwegian pianist
- Angélla Christie (fl. 1980–2000s), American musician
- Arthur Christie (1921–2003), English government/military person
- Bob Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Brian Christie (fl. 1990s), American television personality
- Brian Christie (neuroscientist) (born 1964), Canadian medical researcher and educator
- Campbell Christie (born 1937), Scottish labour leader
- Campbell Christie (writer) (1893–1963), British playwright
- Charles Christie (1880–1955), Canadian film maker
- Charlie Christie (born 1966), Scottish footballer
- Chris Christie (born 1962), American politician
- Christian Christie (1832–1906), Norwegian architect
- Coleen Christie (fl. 1990-2000s), Canadian television presenter
- David Christie (footballer) (1885-?), Scottish footballer
- David Christie (1818–1880), Scottish-born Canadian politician
- Dick Christie (born 1948), American actor
- Dinah Christie (born 1942), English-born Canadian actress
- Doug Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dugald Christie (1941–2006), Canadian political activist
- Ed Christie (fl. 1990s), American puppeteer
- Edvard Eilert Christie (1773–1831), Norwegian businessperson and politician
- Erling Christie (1928–1996), Norwegian author
- Errol Christie (born 1963), English boxer
- Evie Christie (born 1979), Canadian poet
- Florence Christie (1903–1983), US citizen, subject of a famous Depression-era photograph
- Frank Christie (1927–1996), Scottish football player and manager
- Fyffe Christie (born 1918), Anglo-Scottish artist
- Gabriel Christie (general) (1722–1799), Scottish soldier
- Gabriel Christie (Maryland) (1756–1808), American politician
- Gary Christie (fl. 1990s), Scottish rugby league player
- George Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gerry Christie (born 1957), Scottish footballer
- Gilbert Christie (1892-?), Scottish footballer
- Gordon Christie (1914–2001), New Zealand politician
- Hans Langsted Christie (1826–1907), Norwegian jurist and politician
- Hartvig Caspar Christie (physicist) (1826–1873), Norwegian physicist
- Hartvig Caspar Christie (1893–1959), Norwegian politician
- Hubert Christie (1889–1982), New Zealand politician
- Hugh Christie (?-1962), English farmer and educator
- Ian Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Iyseden Christie (born 1976), English football player
- Jack Christie, Canadian racing car driver
- James Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeff Christie (born 1983), Canadian luger
- Jeremy Christie (born 1983), New Zealand footballer
- Joanna Christie (born 1982), English actress
- Johan Koren Christie (writer) (1814–1885), Norwegian writer
- Johan Koren Christie (officer) (1909–1995), Norwegian engineer and air force officer
- John Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- J. Walter Christie (1865–1944), US engineer and inventor
- Joseph Christie (fl. 1990-2000s), English hip hop musician
- Julie Christie (born 1941), English actress
- Ken Christie (born 1927), Australian footballer
- Keith Christie (born 1931), English musician
- Kitch Christie (1940–1998), South African rugby coach
- Linford Christie (born 1960), Jamaica-born English sprinter
- Loring Christie (1885–1941), Canadian politician
- Lou Christie (born 1943), American singer-songwriter
- Lyn Christie (born 1928?), Australian-born American doctor and musician
- Malcolm Christie (born 1979), English footballer
- Michael Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mike Christie (singer) (born 1981), English musician
- Mike Christie (ice hockey) (born 1949), American hockey player
- Morven Christie (born 1979), Scottish actress
- Moss Christie (1902–1978), Australian swimmer
- Ned Christie (1852–1892), Cherokee statesman
- Neil Christie (fl. 1990-2000s), British academic
- Norman Christie (born 1911), English footballer
- Paddy Christie (born 1976), Irish footballer
- Paul Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Perry Christie (born 1944), Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- Peter Christie (1846–1933), Canadian politician
- Peter G. Christie (born 1941), Canadian politician
- Rachel Christie (born 1989), English model and athlete
- Rajendran Christie (fl. 1960s), Indian field hockey player
- Ralph Waldo Christie (1893–1987), admiral in the United States Navy
- Rawdon Christie (fl. 1990-2000s), English-born TV presenter in Australia and New Zealand
- Reg Christie, alternative name of John Christie (murderer) (1899–1953))
- Richard Copley Christie (1830–1901), English lawyer and educator
- Robert Christie (disambiguation), multiple people
- Roger Christie (born 1949), American minister and cannabis activist
- Ryan Christie (born 1995), Scottish footballer
- Ryan Christie (ice hockey) (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Samuel Hunter Christie (1784–1865), English scientist and mathematician
- Sara Stockfleth Christie (1857–1948), Norwegian educator and politician
- Scott Christie (footballer) (born 1987), Scottish footballer
- Sidney Lee Christie (1903–1974), American jurist
- Steve Christie (born 1967), Canadian player of American football
- Stuart Christie (born 1946), Scottish anarchist notable for attempting to assassinate Francisco Franco
- Thomas Christie (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Thomas Christie (1761–1796), Scottish political writer
- Thomas Christie (Canadian politician) (1834–1902), Canadian politician
- Thomas Christie, Jr. (1855–1934), Canadian politician
- Thomas P. Christie (fl. 1950s), American government figure
- Tinoi Christie (born 1976), New Zealand footballer
- Tom Christie (born 1927), English rower and doctor
- Tony Christie (born 1943), English musician
- Trevor Christie (born 1959), English footballer
- Walter John Christie (1905–1983), English civil servant
- Warren Christie (born 1975), Irish actor
- Werner Christie (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Werner Hosewinckel Christie (1877–1927) (1877–1927), Norwegian agricultural researcher
- Werner Hosewinckel Christie (officer) (1917–2004), Norwegian air force officer
- Werner Christie (born 1949), Norwegian politician
- Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (1778–1849), Norwegian statesman
- William Christie (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- William Mellis Christie (1829–1900), Scottish-born Canadian cookie company founder
- William Christie (musician) (born 1944), American musician
- William Christie (astronomer) (1845–1922), English astronomer
- William Christie (Ulster politician) (1913–2008), Irish politician
- William J. Christie (fl. 1870-1890s), Canadian politician
- William Christie (Conservative politician) (1830–1913), British Member of Parliament for Lewes 1874–1885
- Winifred Christie (1882–1965), Scottish musician
By given name
Fictional
- Christie Monteiro, a character from the Tekken series of games
- Christie (Dead or Alive), a character from the Dead or Alive series of games
See also
References
- ↑ Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell (1901). A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances. London. p. 180.
- ↑ "Christie Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ↑ "Christie Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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