Christen

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Norwegian
Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Nordic short form of Christian ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Chresten	♂
Christen	♂
Kresten	♂
Kristen	♂
Kræsten	♂

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1573 ^[1]

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark: Jylland ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	848	n.a
Norway[4]		0	0	133	223
Sweden[5]		3	6	19	98
Finland[6]		n.a.	4	n.a	15
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Christen.

Sources: ^{[5] [3] [4] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi