Christine is the French feminine of Christian — from the Greek christianos (follower of Christ). **A top-50 US baby name from 1953 to 1988**. **Christine Lagarde (born 1956)** — **French lawyer and politician; first woman to head the International Monetary Fund (2011-2019) and first woman President of the European Central Bank (since November 2019)**. **Previously the first woman to lead the law firm Baker McKenzie globally (1999-2005); French Minister of Finance under Sarkozy (2007-2011) — also a first**. **Christine de Pizan (1364-1430)** — Italian-French author whose *The Book of the City of Ladies* (1405) is among the earliest works of feminist literature in European history. **Christine Baranski (born 1952)** — American actress; *The Good Wife*. **Christine Quinn (born 1970)** — first woman Speaker of the New York City Council.
Subject of countless ECB and IMF profiles.
Christine reduces to one — the number of follower of Christ.