Meaning and origin of Christian

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).
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Meaning and origin of Christian

The meaning of the name Christian is Follower Of Christ

The origin of the name Christian is English

Info on this name: Christian Slater, actor. Christian Bale, actor.
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Origin and meaning of Christian

Christian
Irish
Male
servant of Christ
1 - Christian (Irish boy name)
servant of Christ
2 - Christiana (English girl name)
Anointed, Follower of Christ
3 - Christianah (English girl name)
Anointed, Follower of Christ
4 - Christiane (French girl name)
Anointed, Follower of Christ
5 - Christiann (English girl name)
Gracious, Anointed, Follower of Christ
6 - Christianne (French girl name)
Anointed, Follower of Christ
Meaning&Origin
Christian is a Irish boys name.
The meaning of the name is `servant of Christ`.
Where is it used?
The name Christian is mainly used in English and in French.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Christer (In Swedish and in Danish)
Cristián (In Spanish)
Kristian (In Scandinavian and in Finnish)
Cristian (In Romanian)
Krystyn (In Polish)
Cristiano (In Italian and in Portuguese)
Karsten (In German)
Kristen (In Danish)
It is an abbreviated form of
Christopher, used in English.
In combination with other names:
In German, Scandinavian and in English: Christa (F)
If it's too long people might use:
In English: Chris
For opposite sex use:
In English: Christiana (F)
In English: Christina (F)
In Other languages: Christianne (F)
See also
In Swedish, Czech, Russian and in German: Kristina
In Swedish: Kjerstin
In Scottish: Kirstin
In Scandinavian and in German: Kristin
In Scandinavian: Kirsten
In Scandinavian: Stina
In Polish: Krystyna
In Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and in Romanian: Cristina
In Italian: Cristiana
In Hungarian: Krisztina
In German: Carsten
In German: Kerstin
In German: Kristen
In French and in English: Christine (F)
In Finnish: Kristiina
In Finnish: Kirsi
In English (Modern): Krystina
In English: Tina
In English: Tiana
In English: Kristy
In English: Kristia
In Bulgarian: Hristina
In Other languages: Kris
Statistics
The name Christian was given to 14022 babies in the USA in 2004. Christian was the number 32 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 300 babies making it the number 821 name that year.
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