Kristian is a name in several languages, and is a form of

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

Meaning in different languages

The name is used in several languages, among them

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

, Slovak, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian,

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, Bosnian,

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

, Bulgarian and

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

. In some languages people with the name are sometimes named after the cross, not after Christ. The word cross in Bulgarian,

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

is ''kr'st'' and in Russian is ''krest'', in some cases pronounced ''krist''. In contrast Christ in these Slavic languages is called ''Hristos'', which confuses to which of both nouns the name sounds more similar. The name may have a third meaning in Bulgarian and Macedonian, in which the word ''kr'sten'' means baptized and has the same as the word for cross. Though sounding similar, the words cross and

have different roots, ''Christian'' derives from the Koine Greek word '' Christós'', possibly ultimately derived from the Egyptian ''kheru'', "word" or "voice", used to replace the

Biblical Hebrew Biblical Hebrew (, or , ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite branch of Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of ...

term '' mashiach'', "anointed". On the other the hand the Slavic and the English word for '' cross'' comes from the Latin word '' crux'' (cruci) "stake" which is perhaps of Phoenician or Punic (Phoenicio-Carthaginian) origin. It may come from the Latin word ''crio'', "to torment". * Kristián ( Czech, Slovak) * Kristijan ( Bosnian) * Kristian (

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also

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, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian,

) * Kristjan (

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, Faroese, Slovenian) * Kristian, Kristi, Kristo (

) * Kristján ( Icelandic) * Kristijan

* Kristiāns ( Latvian) * Kristijonas (

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

) * Krystian ( Polish) * Krisztián, Keresztény, for the Danish kings ''Keresztély'' ( Hungarian) * Крістіан, Християн, (Kristian, Hristiyan) ( Ukrainian) * Христиан, Hristian (

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

) * Кристијан or Христијан (Kristijan or Hristijan) (

) * Кристиян, Кристиан, Христо or Християн (Kristiyan, Kristian, Hristo or Hristiyan) ( Bulgarian) * ख्रीष्टियन (Khrīṣṭiyana) (

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

) * ಕ್ರಿಶ್ಚಿಯನ್ (Kriściyan) ( Kannada) * క్రిస్టియన్(Krisṭiyan) (

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

) * கிரிஸ்துவர் (Kiristuvar) ( Tamil) * คริสเตียน (Khris̄teīyn) ( Thai)

Males with the given name Kristian

Kristian Digby Scott Kristian Edwin Digby (24 June 1977 – 1 March 2010) was an English television presenter and director best known for presenting ''To Buy or Not to Buy'' on BBC One. On 1 March 2010 he was found dead in what police said were "unexplained ci ...

(1977-2010), British television presenter and director *

Kristian Doolittle Kristian Doolittle (born October 19, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Iwate Big Bulls of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners. High school career Doolittle played basketball for ...

(born 1997), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

* Kristian Fulton (born 1998), American football player *

Kristian Jensen Kristian Jensen (born 21 May 1971 in Middelfart) is a Danish politician who was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark from 2015 to 2016, Minister of Finance from 2016 to 2019 and Minister of Taxation from 2004 to 2010. Jensen is a member of t ...

(born 1971), Danish politician * Kristian Gestrin (1929–1990), Finnish judge and politician * Kristian Hansen Kofoed (1879–1951), Danish civil servant and politician *

Kristian Løken Kristian Rikardsen Løken (31 July 1884March 1961) was a highly decorated Norwegian military officer who served in the Belgian ''Force Publique'' from 1907 to 1917, fighting German colonial forces in East Africa from 1914 to 1917, and went on to ...

(1884–1961), Norwegian army officer *

Kristian Roebuck Kristian Roebuck (born 24 December 1981) is an English badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "s ...

(born 1981), English badminton player * Kristian Rogers (born 1980), English footballer * Kristian Seeber (born 1980), American drag queen * Kristian Vikernes (born 1973) Norwegian musician and murderer *

Kristian Welch Kristian Welch (born May 24, 1998) is an American football inside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2020 following his college football career at ...

(born 1998), American football player * Kristian Wilkerson (born 1997), American football player * Kristian Kostov (born 2000), Bulgarian-Russian singer

Surname

* David Kristian (born 1967), Canadian musician * Giles Kristian (born 1975), British author *

Marty Kristian Marty Kristian (born Martins Vanags on 27 May 1947) is a German-born, British-based musician. He grew up, and started his musical career, in Australia, as a solo artist. He is a singer-song writer-guitarist and, in the 1970s, he became a heart ...

(born 1947), German-Australian singer

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