The boy's and girl's name Christian \ch-ris-tian, chr(i)-stian\ is pronounced KRIS-chen. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "follower of Christ". A girl's name in the Middle Ages that became used as a male name, possibly due to the success of John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" (1684), whose hero is called Christian. The name of Christ is from Khristos (Greek) which is translated from the Hebrew term for "Messiah", meaning "anointed". The Cr- spellings are Spanish forms. Actor Christian Slater; French fashion designers Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix; Dr. Christiaan Barnard.
Christian has 25 variant forms: Chrestien, Chretien, Chris, Christan, Christer, Christiano, Christie, Christo, Christos, Christy, Cristian, Cristen, Cristian, Cristiano, Cristino, Criston, Cristos, Cristy, Kit, Kris, Krister, Kristian, Kristo, Krystian and Krystiano.
A baby name that sounds like Christian is Chrystian.
Christian is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
-www.thinkbabynames.com
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