Meaning & Origin
A female given name.
Chrystal is a girl's and boy's baby name of Greek origin, a variant spelling of Crystal meaning 'ice' or 'clear, sparkling mineral,' from the Greek krystallos (crystal, clear ice). Crystal is both a gemstone name and a nature name evoking clarity and purity.
The Chrystal spelling reaches back closer to the Greek original krystallos, giving it a slightly more classical look than Crystal. Crystal was enormously popular in the 1980s-90s — singer Crystal Gayle and the glamour of the TV series Dynasty gave it a glitzy, aspirational quality that Chrystal inherits with a more distinctive spelling.