Christy (surname)
For other uses, see Christy (disambiguation).
Christy is an Irish name meaning of Christ, in reference to Jesus.
Due to emigration to the United States, Christy has also been used as an Americanization of Scandinavian last names such as the Danish Christiansen). As a result, a small number of Danes with the last name Christy are descendants of a family which emigrated to the US in the early 20th century. However, most of the children returned to Denmark in the 1920s. For this reason, a large majority of Danish citizens with the last name Christy are related by blood.
People with the surname Christy
- Al Christy (1918–1995), US actor
- Alfred Christy (1818–1876), English cricketer
- Ann Christy (1905–1987), US film actress
- Ann Christy (singer) (1945–1984), Belgian singer
- Avery Christy (b. 1977) US journalist and author
- Barrett Christy (fl. 1990s), US snowboarder
- David Christy (1870–1919), Australian football athlete
- Dick Christy (1935–1966), US football athlete
- Dorothy Christy (1906–1977), US actress
- Cuthbert Christy (1863-1932), British doctor an zoologist
- Earl Christy (b. 1943), US football player
- Edwin Pearce Christy (1815–1862), US musician and producer
- Elisa Christy (b. 1917), Mexican singer and dancer
- George Christy (fl. 1840s), US singer and dancer
- Harley H. Christy (1870–1950), US admiral
- Henry Christy (1810–1865), English ethnologist
- Howard Chandler Christy (1873—1952), US artist famous for the "Christy Girl"
- James W. Christy (b. 1938), US astronomer
- Jeff Christy (b. 1969), US football player
- Jeff Christy (baseball) (b. 1984), US baseball player
- Jim Christy (b. 1951), US scientist
- Jim Christy (cricketer) (1904–1971), South African cricketer
- John Christy, US climate scientist
- June Christy (1925–1990), US singer
- Karen Christy (b. 1951), US model
- Ken Christy (1894–1962), US actor
- Lauren Christy (fl. 1990s), English singer
- Paul Christy (b. 1939), US professional wrestler
- Richard Christy (born 1974), US drummer, comedian, actor, radio personality
- Robert Christy (1916–2012), US theoretical physicist
See also
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