title: Kirsty
text: # Kirsty
  
  Kirsty or Kirstie is a feminine given name and nickname.
  
  It is a Scottish diminutive of Christine in English-speaking countries and is also linked to Kirsten — the Scandinavian version of Christine.
  
  ## People
  
  * Kirstie Alley (1951–2022), American actress
  * Kirstie Allsopp (born 1971), British TV presenter
  * Kirsty Bentley (1983–1998), New Zealand murder victim
  * Kirsty Bertarelli (born Kirsty Roper in 1971), songwriter, former Miss UK
  * Kirsty Blackman (born 1986), Scottish politician, SNP Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North (2015-present)
  * Kirstie Clements (born 1962), Australian author, editor, journalist and speaker, former Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Australia
  * Kirsty Coventry (born 1983), Zimbabwean swimmer
  * Kirsty Dillon (born 1976), English actress
  * Kirsty Duncan (born 1966), Canadian politician and medical geographer
  * Kirsty Gallacher (born 1976), Scottish television presenter
  * Kirsty Gilmour (born 1993), Scottish badminton player
  * Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 1969), English electronic music singer and songwriter
  * Kirsty Howard (1995–2015), English woman born with a rare medical condition who raised millions for charity
  * Kirsty Hume (born 1976), Scottish model
  * Kirsty Jones (died 2000), British female murder victim
  * Kirsty Jones, Welsh professional kitesurfer
  * Kirsty Lang (born 1962), British journalist and broadcaster
  * Kirstie Levell (born 1997), English football goalkeeper
  * Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000), English singer-songwriter
  * Kirstin Maldonado (born 1992), American singer-songwriter, a member of the a cappella group Pentatonix
  * Kirsty Penkman, British biomolecular archaeologist
  * Kirsty-Leigh Porter (born 1988), English actress
  * Kirsty Wade (born 1962), British former middle-distance runner
  * Kirsty Wark (born 1955), Scottish journalist and television presenter
  * Kirsty Young (born 1968), Scottish television and radio presenter
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Kirsty (Hellraiser), in the Hellraiser movie and book franchise
  * Kirsty Branning, from the British soap opera EastEnders
  * Kirsty Knight (Shortland Street), from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
  * Kirsty McGurk, from the Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm
  * Kirsty Millar, from the British soap opera Doctors
  * Kirsty Miller, from the British radio soap opera The Archers
  * Kirsty Soames, from the British soap opera Coronation Street
  * Kirsty Sutherland, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
  