Kristian

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Male Name

Usage

Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Icelandic
Faroese
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Christian (see also -ian)

Related Names

See Christian

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Kristianinpoika
Kristiansen
Kristianson
Kristianssen
Kristiansson
Kristianssøn
Kristiansøn

Female

Kristiandatter
Kristianintytär
Kristiansdatter
Kristiansdotter
Kristiansdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Kristian
Genitive:	Kristians

- Faroese
Nominative:	Kristian
Accusative:	Kristian
Dative:	Kristiani
Genitive:	Kristians

- Finnish
Nominative:	Kristian
Genitive:	Kristianin
Partitive:	Kristiania

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Kristian
Accusative:	Kristian
Dative:	Kristian
Genitive:	Kristians

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Kristian
Genitive:	Kristians

- Swedish
Nominative:	Kristian
Genitive:	Kristians

Name Days

Denmark

14 May

Finland

13 November

Norway

14 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

13 November

Sweden

13 November

Further Information

• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: 14th century
• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 4 September 2003 and confirmed on 8 July 2009

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1970-1989
• Norway: 1975-2000

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Østfold
  • Akershus
• Sweden:
  • Bohuslän (19th century) see map
  • Halland (19th century) see map
  • Gotland (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Kristian Djurhuus (12 February 1895 – 20 November 1984), Faroese politician, prime minister of the Faroe Islands (1968-1970, 1950-1959)
• Kristian Sundtoft (11 August 1937 – 2 January 2015), Norwegian politician

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Finland		n.a.	58582	n.a.	59	n.a.	58523
Denmark		16017	n.a.	0	n.a.	16017	n.a.
Sweden		5957	15331	3	9	5954	15322
Greenland		448	1824	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland		45	59	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		16454	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	16454	n.a.
#: 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.

 

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Kristian (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.