# Christa (given name)

Christa is a female given name, which means "anointed" or "chosen one". Its use is rare and can be mostly found in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Germany.

## People with the name

* Christa Ackroyd (born 1957), British television and radio presenter
* Christa B. Allen (born 1991), American child actress
* Christa Anbeek (born 1961), Dutch theologist, professor and rector of the Remonstrants seminary
* Christa Bäckman (born 1962), Swedish archer
* Christa Bauch (born 1947), German professional bodybuilder
* Christa Beran (1922–1992), Austrian Righteous Among the Nations
* Christa Blanke (born 1948), German Lutheran theologian and animal welfare activist
* Christa Bonhoff, German opera singer
* Christa Borden (21st century), Canadian pop singer
* Christa Bortignon (born 1937), Canadian masters athlete
* Christa Brosseau, Canadian chemist
* Christa Calamas (21st century), former Secretary of the Florida Agency for HCA
* Christa Campbell (born 1973), American actress and model
* Christa Castro, Honduran politician
* Christa Collins (born 1979), American singer, dancer, model and songwriter
* Christa Cowrie (born 1949), German-Mexican photographer
* Christa Czekay (1944–2017), West German sprinter
* Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold (born 1930), Dutch arachnologist
* Christa Deguchi (born 1995), Canadian judoka
* Christa Dichgans (1940–2018), German painter
* Christa D'Souza (born 1960), British journalist
* Christa Dürscheid (born 1959), German linguist and academic
* Christa Ehrmann-Hämmerle (born 1957), Austrian historian
* Christa Eka, Cameroonian film actress
* Christa Faust (born 1969), American author
* Christa Fontana (20th century), Italian luger
* Christa Fouché, New Zealand academic
* Christa Gannon (20th century), American basketball player
* Christa Gietl (born 1977), Italian luger
* Christa Goetsch (born 1952), German politician
* Christa Göhler (1935–2010), German cross-country skier
* Christa Harmotto (born 1986), American volleyball player
* Christa Hughes (21st century), Australian singer
* Christa Jaarsma (born 1952), Dutch speed skater
* Christa Jansohn (born 1958), German academic
* Christa Johnson (born 1958), American golfer
* Christa Kinshofer (born 1961), German alpine skier
* Christa Klaß (born 1951), German politician
* Christa Klecker (20th century), Austrian luger
* Christa Köhler (born 1951), East German diver
* Christa Krammer (born 1944), Austrian politician
* Christa Lang (born 1943), German-American actress and screenwriter
* Christa Lehmann (born 1922), German serial killer
* Christa Linder (born 1943), German actress
* Christa Luding-Rothenburger (born 1959), German speed skater and track cyclist
* Christa Ludwig (1928–2021), German opera singer
* Christa Luft (born 1938), German economist and politician
* Christa Markwalder (born 1975), Swiss politician
* Christa Mayer, German opera singer
* Christa C. Mayer Thurman (born 1934), German-born American curator, art historian
* Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986), American teacher and astronaut
* Christa Merten (1944–1986), German long-distance runner
* Christa Miller (born 1964), American actress
* Christa Mulack (1943–2021), German educator
* Christa Muth (born 1949), German systems scientist, management professor and management consultant
* Christa Neuper (born 1958), Austrian psychologist
* Christa Nickels (born 1952), German politician
* Christa Öckl (born 1943), German archer
* Christa Perathoner (born 1987), Italian biathlete
* Christa Peters (1933–1981), German fashion photographer
* Christa Päffgen (1938–1988), German fashion model, later actress & singer known as Nico
* Christa Pike (born 1976), American murderer
* Christa Prets (born 1947), Austrian politician
* Christa Randzio-Plath (born 1940), German lawyer
* Christa Reinig (1926–2008), German poet, writer and dramatist
* Christa Riffel (born 1998), German racing cyclist
* Christa Rigozzi (born 1983), Miss Switzerland 2006
* Christa Ruppert (1935–2010), German-born Portuguese violinist
* Christa Sammler (born 1932), German sculptor
* Christa Sauls (born 1972), American model and actress
* Christa Schmidt (born 1941), German politician
* Christa Schroeder (1908–1984), one of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s personal secretaries
* Christa Schumann-Lottmann (born 1964), Guatemalan sprinter
* Christa Siems (1916–1990), German actress
* Christa Simmons (born 1985), Guyanese beauty pageant winner
* Christa Kabitz Sommer (1918–2011), German artist
* Christa Speck (1942–2013), German model and actress
* Christa Staak (21st century), German rower
* Christa Striezel (born 1949), German long jumper
* Christa Stubnick (1933–2021), East German athlete
* Christa Théret (born 1991), French actress
* Christa Tordy (1904–1945), German actress
* Christa Agnes Tuczay (born 1952), Austrian university professor
* Christa Vahlensieck (born 1949), German long-distance runner
* Christa Frieda Vogel (born 1960), German photographer
* Christa von Szabó, Austrian figure skater
* Christa Wells (born 1973), American singer-songwriter
* Christa Wiese (born 1967), German shot putter
* Christa Williams (1926–2012), German pop singer
* Christa Williams (softball) (born 1978), American softball player
* Christa Winsloe (1888–1944), German novelist, playwright and sculptor
* Christa Wolf (1929–2011), German literary critic, novelist, and essayist
* Christa Worthington (1956–2002), American fashion writer
* Christa Zechmeister (born 1957), German alpine skier