Kerstin

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Swedish modern form of Kierstin ^[1]

Related Names

Cherstin	♀
Kersta	♀
Kerste	♀
Kersten	♀
Kersti	♀
Kerstin	♀
Kärsti	♀

See also Sessi, Kerstina

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

24 July

Sweden

24 July

Further Information

Namesakes

Kerstin Ekman, Swedish author (*27th August, 1933)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		58411	90944	0	1
Denmark[3]		357	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[4]		170	484	0	0
Finland[5]		n.a.	2484	n.a	1
#: 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^[2][3][4][5]:

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
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. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi