Name
CHRISTIAN

Name CHRISTIAN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 1,107,957 births of Christian in the countries below, which represents an average of 7,803 births of children bearing the first name Christian per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 10,614 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Christian   
In Italiano Nome Christian   
Available variant : Christián
Variations : Kristian , Kristián


Information about the first name Christian

We celebrate Christian on November 12th
The first name Christian is listed in our categories :The first name Christian has been assigned to:
98.41% to boys
1.59% to girls
The country where the first name Christian is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 9 letters including 3 vowels and 6 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Christian

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 Christian : C Hristian, Chiristan, Chirstian, Chirstina, Chrisanti, Chrisitan, Chrisitna, Christ Ian, Christain, Christina, Christína, Chrsitian, Crhistian, Crihstian, Crisanthi, Crishtian, Cristhian, Cristhina, Cristihan, Naitsirhc

Anacyclics of the first name Christian

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Christian: Naitsirhc

Christian in Japanese *

Romajikurisuchan
Katakanaクリスチャン
Hiraganaくりすちゃん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Christian in Japanese
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Christian in sign language

Christian in binary language

01100011 01101000 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100001 01101110

Origin and meaning of name Christian

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin.
Alternative forms src :
  • christian (uncommon)
  • Xtian (abbreviation)
  • Xian (abbreviation, sometimes derogatory)
Anagrams src :
Noun src :
  • christian (plural christians)
  • Uncommon spelling of Christian.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/, /ˈkɹɪstjən/, /ˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstʃən
  • Homophone: Cristian
  • Hyphenation: Chris‧tian
Proper noun src :
  • Christian (countable and uncountable, plural Christians)
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek found in England since the twelfth century.
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek of medieval usage, rare today.
  • A surname originating as a patronymic.
  • An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
Adjective (Antonyms) src :
  • (of or relating to Christianity or Christians): agnostic, atheist, heathen, non-Christian, pagan
  • (charitable, moral): corrupt, immoral, improper, unjust, savage, sinful
Adjective (Synonyms) src :
  • (kind): charitable, helpful, kind, neighborly/neighbourly, sweet (informal)
Adjective (Usage notes) src :
  • Use of the term "Christian" in the generalised approbative sense "kind, moral" may be displeasing to some non-Christians.
Noun (Coordinate terms) src :
  • (religionists) religionist; agnostic,‎ Asatruar,‎ atheist,‎ Baháʼí,‎ Buddhist,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Druze,‎ Eckist,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jedi,‎ Jew,‎ Jucheist,‎ Mormon,‎ Mormonist,‎ Muslim,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Pastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Rodnover,‎ Samaritan,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ Taoist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Wiccan,‎ Yahwist,‎ Yazidi,‎ Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Noun (Hypernyms) src :
  • religionist, theist, monotheist, Abrahamist, People of the Book
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Christian County
  • Christiansburg
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
Middle English
Adjective src :
  • christian
  • Alternative form of Cristien
FR French
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /kʁis.tjɑ̃/
Proper noun src :
  • Christian m
  • a male given name, feminine equivalent Christiane, Christine, or Christelle, equivalent to English Christian
Old French
Adjective src :
  • christian m (oblique and nominative feminine singular christiane)
  • Alternative form of chrestien
Proper noun src :
  • Christian m (nominative singular Christians)
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Christian
SE Swedish
Anagrams src :
Proper noun src :
  • Christian c (genitive Christians)
  • a male given name, variant of Kristian
DK Danish
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Chrīstiānus.
Alternative forms src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰʁɛsd̥jan]
Proper noun src :
  • Christian c
  • a male given name
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • (male given names): Carsten, Chresten, Chris, Christen, Karsten, Kresten, Kristen
  • (female given names): Christine, Kirstine, Kristine
  • (surnames): Christiansen, Kristiansen, Christensen, Kristensen
Proper noun (Usage notes) src :
  • Traditionally popular in Denmark, as the name of ten ruling kings since the fifteenth century.
DE German
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʀɪsti̯an]
  • Hyphenation: Chris‧ti‧an
Proper noun src :
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
 

Popularity of the name Christian

Number of CHRISTIAN births per year

Total births of Christian by country

Births with the first name Christian
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
438,830
16,928
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
405,691
124
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
60,947
179
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
41,981
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
28,553
3
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
20,965
1
NONorway
1945 - 2022
14,660
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
11,190
260
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
10,673
8
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
10,007
26
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
9,265
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
8,888
8
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
4,835
21
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
4,330
0
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
3,062
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
2,744
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
2,186
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
2,131
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
1,840
24
SESweden
1998 - 2022
1,839
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
1,696
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
1,577
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
726
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
584
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
551
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
372
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
146
0
ISIceland
2016 - 2021
62
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
29
0
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
15
0

Total births of Christian by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Christian
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
4,435
19
DEGermany
2022
2,516
0
ITItaly
2021
1,738
0
MXMexico
2021
690
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
190
0
DKDenmark
2022
159
0
ONOntario
2019
140
0
AUAustralia
2022
108
0
ATAustria
2021
99
0
CLChili
2021
91
0
FRFrance
2022
68
0
NONorway
2022
54
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
43
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
42
0
NLNetherlands
2022
41
0
SESweden
2022
35
0
QCQuebec
2022
31
0
ISIceland
2021
21
0
IEIreland
2022
19
0
NZNew Zealand
2022
18
0
ABAlberta
2022
16
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
16
0
BEBelgium
2022
11
0
ARArgentina
2015
9
0
PLPoland
2022
5
0

Comments on the name Christian

Personalities with the first name Christian

There are 1322 personalities with the first name Christian


Hans Christian Andersen
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Denmark–norway Kingdom of denmark
Writer Poet Playwright Journalist Children's writer Novelist Autobiographer Traveler Cut-paper artist


Édouard Viii
(His Highness Prince Edward Of York) src

United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Monarch Military personnel Aristocrat


Jean Sibelius
(Johan Julius Christian Sibelius) src

Finland
Composer


Hans Christian Ørsted
src

Kingdom of denmark
Engineer Pharmacist Physicist Inventor Chemist University teacher


Christian Wulff
(Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff) src

Germany
Politician Lawyer


Wilhelm Von Humboldt
(Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Von Humboldt) src

Kingdom of prussia
Writer Teacher Politician Diplomat Historian Linguist Anthropologist Philosopher


Christian Bale
(Christian Charles Philip Bale) src

United states of america United kingdom
Actor Character actor Voice actor Film producer Television actor Film actor


Albert Ii De Belgique
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Belgium
Monarch Diplomat


Léopold Ier De Belgique
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Belgium United kingdom of great britain and ireland Saxe-coburg-saalfeld
Military personnel Politician Aristocrat


Christian Doppler
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Austrian empire
Astronomer Professor Physicist Mathematician Pedagogue Academic



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

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Christian

There are 5670 actors and actresses with the first name Christian
Christian Nerone
Christian Darrel Scott
Christian Distefano
Christian Monroe-Haynes
Christian Martyn
Christian Traeumer
Christian Aaron
Christian Michael Clark
Christian Sandri
Christian Fan
Christian Beadles
Christian Villarosa
Christian Mitchell
Christian Baste
Christian Medina
Christian Boewe
Christian Stanley
Christian Berney
Christian Kaminski
Christian Dobler
Christian Iversen
Christian Ferratti
Christian Banas
Christian Schweda
Christian Byers
Christian Zetterberg
Christian Matthew Toma
Christian Casas
Christian Vandal
Christian Antidormi

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

Rankings of first name CHRISTIAN by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#5DE Germany2022
#23IT Italy2021
#47IS Iceland2021
#52DK Denmark2022
#73US United State of America2022
#86AT Austria2021
#99ON Ontario2019
#103CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#111NO Norway2022
#111AU Australia2022
#147MX Mexico2021
#149CL Chili2021
#184QC Quebec2022
#210CH Switzerland2021
#248GB United Kingdom2021
#259IE Ireland2022
#263SE Sweden2022
#265BC British Columbia2022
#273AB Alberta2022
#283NZ New Zealand2022
#392NL Netherlands2022
#442AR Argentina2015
#544PL Poland2022
#676FR France2022
#850BE Belgium2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#3063US United State of America2022


Names that are phonetically close to Christian