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

Meaning in different languages

The name is used in several languages, among them Albanian, Slovak,

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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,

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

and Croatian. In some languages people with the name are sometimes named after the cross, not after

Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

. The word cross in

, Macedonian, Serbian is ''kr'st'' and in

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

is ''krest'', in some cases pronounced ''krist''. In contrast

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 A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a sa ...

and Christian have different roots, ''Christian'' derives from the

Koine Greek Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...

word ''

ós'', possibly ultimately derived from the

Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...

''kheru'', "word" or "voice", used to replace the Biblical Hebrew term ''

mashiach The Messiah in Judaism () is a savior and liberator figure in Jewish eschatology, who is believed to be the future redeemer of the Jewish people. The concept of messianism originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible a messiah is a king or Hig ...

'', "anointed". On the other the hand the Slavic and the English word for ''

'' comes from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

word ''

crux Crux () is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible band. The name ''Crux'' is Latin for ...

'' (cruci) "stake" which is perhaps of Phoenician or

Punic The Punic people, or western Phoenicians, were a Semitic people in the Western Mediterranean who migrated from Tyre, Phoenicia to North Africa during the Early Iron Age. In modern scholarship, the term ''Punic'' – the Latin equivalent of t ...

(Phoenicio-Carthaginian) origin. It may come from the Latin word ''crio'', "to torment". *

Kristián Kristian is a name in several languages, and is a form of Christian. Meaning in different languages The name is used in several languages, among them Albanian, Slovak, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and ...

(

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

, Slovak) *

Kristijan Kristijan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kristijan Brčić (born 1987), Croatian football midfielder, plays for C.D. Nacional on loan from NK Inter Zaprešić * Kristijan Čaval (born 1978), Croatian football midfielder, cu ...

( Bosnian) * Kristian ( Estonian,

, Croatian or

) *

Kristjan Kristjan is a masculine given name in the Estonian language and Slovenian language. It is a variation of the name Christian. Notable people named Kristjan include: * Kristjan Čujec (born 1988), Slovenian futsal player * Kristjan Fajt (born ...

( Estonian, Faroese,

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...

) * Kristian, Kristi, Kristo ( Albanian) * Kristján ( Icelandic) * Kristijan Croatian * Kristiāns ( Latvian) * Kristijonas ( Lithuanian) * Krystian (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

) * Krisztián, Keresztény, for the Danish kings ''Keresztély'' ( Hungarian) * Крістіан, Християн, (Kristian, Hristiyan) (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

) * Христиан, Hristian ( Serbian) * Кристијан or Христијан (Kristijan or Hristijan) ( Macedonian) * Кристиян, Кристиан, Христо or Християн (Kristiyan, Kristian, Hristo or Hristiyan) (

) * ख्रीष्टियन (Khrīṣṭiyana) ( Nepali) * ಕ್ರಿಶ್ಚಿಯನ್ (Kriściyan) (

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

) * 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 Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

) * คริสเตียน (Khris̄teīyn) ( Thai)

Males with the given name Kristian

* Kristian Digby (1977-2010), British television presenter and director * Kristian Doolittle (born 1997), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League *

Kristian Fulton Kristian Michael Shaw Fulton (born September 3, 1998) is an American football cornerback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU Tigers football, LSU and was drafted by the Titans in the s ...

(born 1998), American football player * Kristian Jensen (born 1971), Danish politician *

Kristian Gestrin Kristian Gestrin (1929–1990) was a Finnish judge and politician who served in several cabinet posts in the 1970s. He was a long-term member of the Finnish Parliament. He also headed the Swedish People's Party of Finland in the period 1973–19 ...

(1929–1990), Finnish judge and politician * Kristian Hansen Kofoed (1879–1951), Danish civil servant and politician * Kristian Løken (1884–1961), Norwegian army officer * Kristian Roebuck (born 1981), English badminton player * Kristian Rogers (born 1980), English footballer * Kristian Seeber (born 1980), American drag queen *

Kristian Vikernes Louis Cachet (born Kristian Vikernes; 11 February 1973), better known as Varg Vikernes (), is a Norwegian writer and retired musician best known for his early black metal albums and later crimes. His first five records, issued under the name Bur ...

(born 1973) Norwegian musician and murderer * Kristian Welch (born 1998), American football player * Kristian Wilkerson (born 1997), American football player *

Kristian Kostov Kristian Konstantinov Kostov ( Bulgarian and russian: Кристиан Константинов Костов; born 15 March 2000) is a Bulgarian-Russian singer.He has a double citizenship: Russian and Bulgarian.Sources:1. Quote: "''17-летни� ...

(born 2000), Bulgarian-Russian singer

Surname

David Kristian David Kristian (born November 5, 1967) is a Canadian musician and film score composer and sound designer. David Kristian has been involved in audio for media since the early 1980s, when he first started work as an animation and experimental fi ...

(born 1967), Canadian musician *

Giles Kristian Giles Kristian (born 1975) is an English novelist, known for his action adventure novels in the historical fiction genre. He is best known for his ''Raven'' series, about a young man's coming of age amongst a band of Viking warriors. His first no ...

(born 1975), British author * Marty Kristian (born 1947), German-Australian singer

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