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It’s been on my list of guilty pleasures for a while, though I’m not sure why it is a guilty pleasure and not just a name I like. I love the idea of it because I love Christopher, and this is a pretty straightforward way to feminize it, but it also makes me laugh? Hard to explain but I guess the -een sound is unexpected and grandiose in an almost silly way after Christoph.

Pretty, but too snobbish.

I like it. Better than Christine or Christina. Not as tired and far more interesting. She'd probably still end up Chris, though, so I wouldn't use it.

Don't like it

It's okay. It's new to me. I am a big fan of the name Christopher for a boy so I can see me using this feminine version for a girl baby.

I like it a lot actually - there’s something satisfying about it.

I feel like I *should* like it, because I really like other elaborately feminized versions of male names (Thomasina, Leopoldine, etc). But I just really dislike Chris- names and that's enough to put me off it. (It's definitely better than other Chris- names, though!)

Pretty & sprightly

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I prefer it to Christine and Christina, which have always felt wan to me.

The feen ending makes it sound like some weird chemical. As a feminine form of Christopher, you're better off being inexact and using Christina or Christine or Christa.

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Looking it up, a christophene is evidently some kind of squash or gourd.

It's much better than Chayote. If you think of it as separate from the vegetable, it does work pretty well as a name. It sounds like someone trying to honor both Christopher and Josephine. I think Christophina could work too.

It’s a little forced, but not too bad.

Oh, I love that! It's got a classic feel, like Christine, but it's just unique enough to be a little out-there and still calssy.