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=== Etymology ===
[[Image:Kista_gård_huvudbyggnad_2015b.jpg|thumb|right|Main building of Kista Gård, a farmhouse that Kista is named after]]
Kista got its name sometime in during 1600s and was named after a farmhouse in this area. The word Kista historically meant "place where livestock is traded", from the Old Swedish word "kvi", meaning livestock, and "sta(d)", meaning place.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nygård | first=Anna | title=Historierna bakom ortsnamnen | website=Nyhetsbyrån Järva | date=2023-02-13 | url=https://www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/historierna-bakom-ortsnamnen/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308222716/https://www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/historierna-bakom-ortsnamnen/ | archive-date=2025-03-08 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-03-08}}</ref>