Kirsten is a Swedish, Danish and Norwegian form of the name
Christina.
"View Name: Kirsten"
Behind the Name, retrieved 15 December 2009.
Music
* Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Giulio Gatti-Casaz ...
(1895–1962), Norwegian opera singer
* Kirsten Rosenberg
Kirsten Rosenberg is an American singer, currently with the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens. She is also an animal rights advocate, as well as a former co-owner of ''Sticky Fingers'', an all-vegan bakery in Washington, D.C.
Personal l ...
, American rock/metal singer
Sports
* Kirsten Barnes
Jennifer-Kirsten Barnes (born March 26, 1968) is a Canadian rower and Olympic champion.
Barnes was born in London, UK, in 1968. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Coxless pair
A coxless pair is a rowing boat used in the ...
(born 1968), Canadian rower and Olympic champion
* Kirsten Venetta Brown
Kirsten Venetta Brown, also known as Kirsten Brown-Fleshman (June 11, 1963 – October 21, 2006), was an American slalom canoeist who competed in the early and mid-1990s. She won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Slalom ...
(1963–2006), American slalom canoeist
* Kirsten Bruhn
Kirsten Bruhn (born 3 November 1969 in Eutin) is a former German female Paralympic swimmer. She learnt to swim when she was three. She began competing at ten before an accident in 1991. She was hurt during a holiday motorcycle trip on the island ...
(born 1969), German female Paralympic swimmer
* Kirsten Flipkens
Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 T ...
, Belgian tennis player; 2003 ITF Junior World Champion
* Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen
Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen (born 23 February 1935) is a Danish former swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen ...
(born 1935), Danish Olympic swimmer
* Kirsten Plum Jensen (born 1961), Danish Olympic rower
* Kirsten Olson
Kirsten Olson (born October 20, 1991) is an American former figure skater and actress. As an actress, Olson played the role of Nikki Fletcher, the 'Jumping Shrimp,' in the Disney movie ''Ice Princess'' (2005). As a figure skater, Olson placed f ...
(born 1991), American figure skater
* Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (born 1970), Norwegian long-distance runner
* Kirsten Thomson
Kirsten Thomson (born 27 September 1983) is an Australian middle-distance freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Coming from Sydney, New South Wales, Thomson was still attendin ...
(born 1983), Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer
Television and film
* Kirsten Bishop, voice actress best known for her roles as Zoycite and Kaori Knight in the English version of ''Sailor Moon''
* Kirsten Bourne
The following is a list of the characters from the ''Degrassi Classic'' era of the Canadian teen drama ''Degrassi'' franchise, created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979.
'' Degrassi Junior High'' was the second series in the ''Degrassi'' fra ...
, actress who played the role of Tessa Campanelli in the hit Canadian television series ''Degrassi High''
* Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the short ''Oedipus Wrecks'' directed by Woody Allen in the anthology film ''New York Stories'' (1989). She then gained recognition for her rol ...
(born 1982), American actress of German and Swedish descent
* Kirsten Imrie
Kirsten Fifi Imrie (born 26 October 1967 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Kensington, London) is a former ''Page 3'' girl, glamour model, and television presenter.
Career
Imrie was born on 26 October 1967 in west London, and raised in Musselburgh, ...
(born 1967), former glamour model, actress and television presenter
* Kirsten Magasdi
Kirsten Magasdi is a BBC World reporter often seen reporting for Fast Track. Kirsten Magasdi is the presenter of a global television campaign Malaysia Truly Asia for Tourism Malaysia on BBC World
BBC World News is an international Engli ...
, BBC World reporter often seen reporting for Fast Track
* Kirsten O'Brien
Kirsten Lindsey O'Brien (born 23 February 1972) is an English television presenter and actress. She is perhaps best known for her work presenting for the BBC, including the popular CBBC art programme ''SMart'' from 1999 to 2009, and CBeebies pr ...
(born 1972), British TV presenter
* Kirsten Price (actress)
Kirsten Price (born November 13, 1981) is an American pornographic actress, model, and feature dancer.
Early life
Price, whose real name is Katherine and goes by Kate, was born in Providence, Rhode Island and is of French and Italian descent ...
(born 1981), adult film actress and reality TV star
* Kirsten Price (musician) (born 1979), English-American singer-songwriter
* Kirsten Prout
Kirsten Prout Zien (born September 28, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her lead roles in the ABC Family television shows, portraying Amanda Bloom in ''Kyle XY'' and Char Chamberlin in ''The Lying Game''. Her first sizable break in f ...
(born 1990), Canadian actress, best known for ABC Family shows, ''Kyle XY'' and ''The Lying Game.''
* Kirsten Storms
Kirsten Renee Storms (born April 8, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Zenon Kar in the '' Zenon'' trilogy, Emily in '' Johnny Tsunami'', and Bonnie Rockwaller in ''Kim Possible''. Storms played Isabella "Belle" Bl ...
(born 1984), American actress
* Kirsten Vangsness
Kirsten Simone Vangsness (born July 7, 1972) is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her portrayal of FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series ''Criminal Minds''. She portrayed the same character on the sp ...
(born 1972), American actress
Other fields
* Kirsten Abrahamson
Kirsten Lillian Abrahamson is a Canadian ceramic artist.
Personal background
She was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1960. She moved to Canada with her family at the beginning of her high school years and subsequently became a Canadian citizen. After ...
, Canadian ceramic artist
* Kirsten Bakis
Kirsten Bakis (born 1968 Switzerland) is an American novelist.
Biography
Bakis was raised in Westchester County, New York, and graduated from New York University in 1990. She is a recipient of a Teaching/Writing Fellowship from the University of ...
(born 1967), Swiss-born author of ''Lives of the Monster Dogs''
* Kirsten Costas (1968–1984), American homicide victim
* Kirsten Davidson
Kirsten Marise Davidson is an Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1992 in Nagasaki, Japan.
She is the third Australian to win the pageant. She was preceded and succeeded as winner by the Polish
Polish may refer to:
* An ...
, model from Australia
* Kirsten Engel
Kirsten Engel is an American lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona Senate. Engel was the Democratic nominee in 2022 for Arizona's 6th congressional district, losing narrowly to R ...
, American attorney and elected representative
* Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (; ; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of Re ...
(born 1966), American politician and lawyer; United States Senator (D-NY)
* Kirsten Jacobsen
Kirsten Jacobsen ( Larsen; 18 February 1942 – 2 December 2010) was a Danish real estate agent and politician who was an elected member of the Folketing for the North Jutland County constituency for two non-consecutive periods from 1973 to 1981 a ...
(1942–2010), Danish politician
* Kirsten Klein
Kirsten Klein (born 1945) is a Danish photographer who since the mid-1970s has lived on the island of Mors. She has become one of Denmark's foremost landscape photographers, developing a highly characteristic, somewhat melancholic style, frequent ...
(born 1945), Danish photographer
* Kirsten Livermore
Kirsten Fiona Livermore (born 10 November 1969) is an Australian former politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 until September 2013, representing the Division of Capricor ...
(born 1969), Australian politician
* Kirsten Munk
Kirsten Munk (sometimes "Christina Munk"; 6 July 1598 19 April 1658) was a Danish noble, the second spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark, and mother to twelve of his children.
Early life and morganatic marriage
Kirsten Munk was the daughter o ...
(1598–1658), Morganatic royal consort
Characters
* Kirsten Cohen
Kirsten Cohen (maiden name Nichol) is a fictional character on the FOX television series ''The O.C.'', portrayed by Kelly Rowan. Kirsten is the wife of Sandy Cohen, mother to Seth Cohen, and the adoptive mother of Ryan Atwood. Originally portr ...
, a fictional character on the Fox television series ''The O.C.
''The O.C. '' is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seaso ...
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* Kirsten Gannon
Kirsten Gannon is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Nikola Dubois. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 19 June 2007. Kirsten was introduced into the series as the mother of Mi ...
, a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
''
* Kirsten Larson, protagonist of ''American Girl
American Girl is an American line of dolls released on May 5, 1986, by Pleasant Company. The dolls portray eight- to fourteen-year-old boys and girls of a variety of ethnicities, faiths, and social classes from different time periods throughou ...
s ''Kirsten'' historical series
* Princess Kirsten of Norway, a fictional character in the 2006 rom-com film '' The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding''
See also
* Kirsteen
Kirsteen is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Kirsteen Kim (born 21 September 1959), British theologist
* Kirsteen MacDonald, Scottish broadcaster
* Kirsteen Mackay, British-Australian architect
* Kirsteen McEwan (bor ...
* Kirsten
Kirsten is both a given name and a surname.
Given name
Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine.Kirsti
Kirsti is a feminine given name. Related names include Kersti, Kirsten, Kjersti. Notable people with the name include:
* Kirsti Andersen (born 1941), Danish historian of mathematics
* Kirsti Bergstø (born 1981), Norwegian politician
* Kirsti Bi ...
* Kerstin
Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the Scandinavian version of Christina.
Notable persons with this name include:
*Kerstin Alm (born 1949), Finnish politician from the Åland Islands
* Kerstin Anderson (born 1994), American ...
* Kirsty
Kirsty or Kirstie is a feminine given name and nickname.
It is a Scottish diminutive of Christine in English-speaking countries and is also linked to Kirsten — the Scandinavian version of Christine.
People
* Kirstie Alley (1951–2022), Ame ...
* Hurricane Kirsten
References
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