Name
CHRISTEN

Name CHRISTEN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 9,426 births of Christen in the countries below, which represents an average of 66 births of children bearing the first name Christen per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 2 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Christen   
In Italiano Nome Christen   


Information about the first name Christen

We celebrate Christen on November 12th
The first name Christen has been assigned to:
6.61% to boys
93.39% to girls
The country where the first name Christen is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 8 letters including 2 vowels and 6 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Christen

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Christen : Chirsten, Chrstine

Christen in Japanese *

Romajikurisuten
Katakanaクリステン
Hiraganaくりすてん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Christen in Japanese
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Christen in sign language

Christen in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Christen

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English cristenen, cristnien, from Old English cristnian (“to christen, baptise”), from cristen (“Christen, Christian”) +‎ -nian. Cognate with Dutch kerstenen (“to christen”), Middle Low German kristenen, kerstenen, karstenen (“to christen”), Danish kristne (“to christen”) Swedish kristna (“to christen”), Icelandic kristna (“to christen”).
Etymology src :
  • Middle English Cristen, from Old English crīsten (ca. 890), from Latin Christiānus.
Adjective src :
  • Christen (not comparable)
  • Obsolete form of Christian.
Alternative forms src :
  • kersen (dialectal)
  • christian
Anagrams src :
  • Nichters, Strichen, Tinchers, centrish, chinrest, citherns, cithrens, snitcher
Noun src :
  • Christen (plural Christens)
  • Obsolete form of Christian.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪsən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsən
General
Derived terms src :
  • christen, christening, Christendom
Afrikaans
Etymology src :
  • From Dutch christen.
Noun src :
  • Christen (plural Christene)
  • Christian
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Dutch cristen, variant of kersten, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Latin Christiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós). The current Dutch spelling has been influenced by the Latin and subsequently also the Greek words.
Alternative forms src :
  • kersten (obsolete)
Noun src :
  • christen m (plural christenen, diminutive christentje n, feminine christin)
  • Christian
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɪs.tən/
  • (some orthodox Protestants) IPA(key): /ˈxrɪs.tən/
  • Hyphenation: chris‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɪstən
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • christendemocraat
  • christendemocratie
  • christin
  • gristen
  • jodenchristen
  • ontchristenen
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Negerhollands: christ
  • → Caribbean Javanese: Kristen
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • christendom
DK Danish
Alternative forms src :
  • Kristen
Proper noun src :
  • Christen
  • a male given name, variant of Christian
DE German
Noun src :
  • Christen
  • inflection of Christ:
  • genitive/dative/accusative singular
  • all-case plural
 

Popularity of the name Christen

Number of CHRISTEN births per year

Total births of Christen by country

Births with the first name Christen
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
355
8,637
NONorway
1945 - 2022
119
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
41
44
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
64
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
14
38
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
52
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
15
9
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
3
9
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
4
7
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
3
3
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
3
2
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
2
1
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
1

Total births of Christen by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Christen
Country
Boys
Girls
DKDenmark
2022
2
0

Comments on the name Christen

Personalities with the first name Christen

There are 21 personalities with the first name Christen


Christen Press
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United states of america
Association football player


Christen Købke
(Christen Schjellerup Købke) src

Denmark
Painter


Christen Christiansen Raunkiær
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Denmark
University teacher Botanist Ecologist Autobiographer


Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
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Kingdom of denmark
Politician


Christen Smith
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Norway
Physician University teacher Botanist


Christen Dalsgaard
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Denmark
Painter


Chris Dudley
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United states of america
Politician Basketball player


Christen Friis Rottbøll
src

Denmark
Physician Botanist Explorer


Christen Kold
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Denmark
Teacher Missionary


Christen Wiese
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Norway
Sailor



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Christen
Full list of personalities with the first name Christen

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Christen

There are 91 actors and actresses with the first name Christen
Christen Courtney
Christen Ellrich
Christen Loftis
Christen Møller
Christen Glenn
Christen Cornell
Christen Compton
Christen Childers
Christen Blancke
Christen Aaberg
Christen Krasch
Christen Bickerstaff
Christen Moore
Christen Guillen
Christen Moseley
Christen Popandopulo
Christen Hudson
Christen Dye
Christen Reynolds
Christen Patinyotis
Christen Jacobsen
Christen Asante
Christen Courtney
Christen Courtney
Christen Adams
Christen Zuch
Christen Moseley Moseley
Christen Bakke
Christen Bowen
Christen Todd

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Christen
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Christen

Rankings of first name CHRISTEN by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#1145DK Denmark2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name CHRISTEN (female) births over the last year available in each country