Christian

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Short form of Christianus [1]

Related Names

     
Christian Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Cristian Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kajistiaat Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Kristian Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kristiaani Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kristian Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Kristinn Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Kristjan Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese
Kristján Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Risjaan Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Risjaani Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ristiaan Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ristiaani Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ristian Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ristjan Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also:
Variant forms forms: Chrestian, Christen, Christiern, Karsten
Female forms: Christina, Christiana
Short forms: Chris, Kit, Kren, Kristo, Ripa

Combinations

For combinations see KRIST (name element)

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Christian
Accusative: Christian
Dative: Christiani
Genitive: Christians

Further Information

Namesakes

Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (1905-1907)

Christian Lous Lange, 17 September 1869 – 11 December 1938, Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist, Nobel laureate (Peace, 1921)

Christian Valdemar Henri John, Prince of Denmark (*15th October 2005)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 37264 n.a
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 5 9 19079 36914
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 0 10224 13192
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 3 n.a 11164
  #: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][2][4][5]:Name statistics for Christian(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Christian(m)


Sources: [3] [2] [4] [5]

References

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