Christian
\kʁis.tjɑ̃\♂French boy's name
A French boy's name of Latin origin, first recorded around Siècle à préciser.
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| First recorded | Siècle à préciser |
| Pronunciation | \kʁis.tjɑ̃\ |
| Also spelled | Cristian |
| Compound names | Christian-Marie |
Origin and meaning
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. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Italy
- Malta
- France
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- East Frisia
- Germany
- United States
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Romania
- Moldova
Around the world
- GermanKarsten
- BasqueKristain
- CatalanCristià
- CroatianKristijan
- DanishKristian
- SpanishCristián
- FinnishKristian
- GreekΧριστιανός
- HungarianKrisztián, Keresztély
- ItalianCristiano
- LatvianKrišjānis
- LithuanianKristijonas
- DutchChristiaan, Karsten
- NorwegianKristian
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Mecanautes (France), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).