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/krɪstʃən/
French: [kʁistjɑ̃]
German: [ˈkʁɪs.ti̯an]
Danish: [kʰʁæsd̥jan]
Dutch: [ˈkrɪs.cɑn]
Swedish: [ˈkrɪstjɑːn] Egyptian, via Greek and Latin, used to translate Hebrew Christian (surname), Christiaan, Cristian, Cristiano |
Christian originated as a Baptismal name used by persons of the Christian religion. It is now a given name born by males, and by females as Christiana and other feminized variants. An historically commonly used abbreviation, used for example on English 17th century church monuments and pedigrees, is Xpian, using the Greek Chi Rho Christogram Χρ, pronounced in English "chr", short for Χριστός (pronounced "Christos"), Christ. The Greek form of the baptismal name is Χριστιανός (pronounced "Christianos"), a Christian. The name denotes a follower of Christ, thus a Christian. It has been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, at first as a name for females, without any feminising word endings.
Today the name is popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Estonia. Today in Europe — though not the United States — it is almost exclusively used as a male name, but in the 17th and 18th centuries it was a popular female first name in Scotland.
Female variants of the name include Christine, Christina, Christiane, Cristiane, Kristen, Kristin, and Kirsten. Holders of the name Christian may go by the nicknames or shortened forms Chris, Chrissy, "Crix", or Xian.
Christianus (Latin)
Chrétien (disambiguation) (French)
Christian (Danish, German, French, Swedish)
Christiaan (Afrikaans, Dutch)
Karsten (Low German, Dutch)
קריסטלעך (Qrystlʻk) (Yiddish)
Críosdaidh (Gaelic)
Creestee (Manx)
Cristiano (Italian and Portuguese)
Cristian (Galician)
Cristian or Cristián (Italian, Spanish, Romanian;Romance languages)
Kristian (Czech, Slovak)
Kristian (Estonian, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Croatian or Swedish, Breton)
Kristjan (Estonian, Faroese, Slovenian)
Kristian, Kristi, Kristo (Albanian)
Kristján (Icelandic)
Kristijan Croatian
Kristiāns (Latvian)
Kristijonas (Lithuanian)
Krystian (Polish)
Krisztián, Keresztény, for the Danish kings Keresztély (Hungarian)
Χριστιανός, Christianós (Greek)
Кристиан (Russian)
Християн, Крістіан (Ukrainian)
Христиан (Serbian)
Кристијан, Kristijan or Христијан, Hristijan (Macedonian)
Христо, Християн, Христиан, Кристиян or Кристиан (Bulgarian)
քրիստոնյա (Armenian)
كريستيان (Arabic)
مسیحی (Persian)
عیسائی (Urdu)
খ্রীষ্টান (Khrishtan) Bengali
ক্রিস্টান (Krishtan) Sylheti
ईसाई (Īsā'ī) (Hindi)
ख्रीष्टियन (Khrīṣṭiyana) (Nepali)
ਮਸੀਹੀ (Masīhī) (Punjabi)
ಕ್ರಿಶ್ಚಿಯನ್ (Kriściyan) (Kannada)
క్రిస్టియన్(Krisṭiyan) (Telugu)
கிரிஸ்துவர் (Kiristuvar) (Tamil)
คริสเตียน (Khris̄teīyn) (Thai)
克里斯蒂安 (Kèlǐsīdìān) (Chinese Simplified)
克里斯蒂安 (Kèlǐsīdìān) (Chinese Traditional)
クリスチャン (Kurisuchan) (Japanese)
크리스티안 (Keuliseutian) (Korean)
Karaitiana (Maori)
Baron Christian de Neuvillette, a character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Christian Cage (born 1973), alter-ego of professional wrestler and actor Jay Reso
Christian Shephard, a character on the ABC series Lost
Christian Troy, a character on the FX original series Nip/Tuck
Christian, a character in Diana Wynne Jones' fantasy novel Black Maria
Christian Grey, a character from E. L. James novel 50 Shades of Grey
Several kings of Denmark
Several princes
Christian of Oliva, 13th century Cistercian monk and the first bishop of Prussia
A ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Jay Reso
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish author
Christian I of Iceland, King of Iceland
Christian Alexander (born 1990), American actor
Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1622–1708), German ruler
Christian Baciotti, French musician
Christian Bakkerud (1984–2011), Danish racing driver
Christian Bale (born 1974), English actor
Christian Bautista (born 1981), Filipino singer
Christian Bergman (born 1988), American baseball player
Christian Bethancourt (born 1991), Panamanian baseball player
Christian Cooke (born 1987), English actor
Christian Dior (1905–1957), French fashion designer
Christian Doppler (1803–1853), Austrian mathematician and physicist
Christian Ehrhoff (born 1982), German ice hockey player
Christian Fernández Salas, Spanish football defender
Christian Fox (born 1981), Scottish footballer
Christian Friedrich (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player
Christian Fuchs (born 1986), Austrian Professional footballer
Christian Garcia (born 1985), American baseball player
Christian Clemens (born 1991), German professional footballer
Christian Hosoi (born 1967), Pro skateboarder
Christian Jessen (born 1977), English doctor and television presenter
Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player
Christian Kum (born 1985), Dutch professional footballer
Christian Lacroix (born 1951), French fashion designer
Christian Louboutin (born 1964), French footwear designer
Christian Jimémez (born 1986), American soccer player
Christian Julius de Meza, Danish army commander
Christian Klien (born 1983), Austrian racing driver
Christian Okoye (born 1961), American football player
Christian Pampel (born 1979), German volleyball player
Christian Penigaud (born 1964), French beach volleyball player
Christian Potenza (born 1972), Canadian actor
Christian Reiher (born 1984), German mathematical genius
Christian Siriano (born 1985), American fashion designer and winner of Project Runway Season 4
Christian Slater (born 1969), American actor
Christian Vasquez (born 1977), Filipino actor
Christian Vieri (born 1973), Italian footballer
Christian Yelich (born 1991), American baseball player
Christian Serratos (born 1990), American actress
Christian Pitre (born 1983), Actress
Christian Ramsay (1786–1839), British botanist
Christian Vera, Right This Minute analyst
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