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Christian (given Name)
Christian is a unisex given name, which originated as a Christian name, baptismal name used by persons of the Christianity, Christian religion. It has been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, originally for males. It was later used for females, without any feminising word endings. A historically commonly used abbreviation (used for example on English 17th-century church monuments and pedigrees) is ''Xpian'', using the Greek Chi Rho Christogram , short for , Christ. The Greek form of the baptismal name is , a Christian. The name denotes a follower of Jesus Christ, thus a Christians, Christian. In Europe, it is almost exclusively used as a male name, but in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was a popular female first name in Scotland. Female variants of the name include Christine (name), Christine, Christina (given name), Christina, Christiane, Christiane, Cristiane, Kristen (given name), Kristen, Cristina, Kristin (name), Kristin, and Kirsten (given name), Kirsten. In othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Male
Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and Asexual reproduction, asexually. Most male mammals, including male humans, have a Y chromosome, which codes for the production of larger amounts of testosterone to develop male reproductive organs. In humans, the word ''male'' can also be used to refer to gender, in the social sense of gender role or gender identity. Overview The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different lineage (evolution), lineages, an example of convergent evolution. The repeated pattern is sexual reproduction in isogamy, isogamous species with two or more mating types with gametes of identic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Lambrick Vivian
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lambrick Vivian (1830–1896), Inspector of Militia and Her Majesty's Superintendent of Police and Police Magistrate for St Kitts, West Indies, was an English genealogist and historian. He edited editions of the Heraldic Visitations of Devon and of Cornwall,Vivian, p. 763, pedigree of Vivian of Rosehill standard reference works for historians of these two counties. Both contain an extensive pedigree of the Vivian family of Devon and Cornwall, produced largely by his own researches. Origins He was the only son of John Vivian (1791–1872) of Rosehill, Camborne, Cornwall, by his wife Mary Lambrick (1794–1872), eldest daughter of John Lambrick (1762–1798) of Erisey, Ruan Major, and co-heiress of her infant brother John Lambrick (1798–1799). His maternal grandmother was Mary Hammill, eldest daughter of Peter Hammill (d. 1799) of Trelissick in Sithney, Cornwall, the ancestry of which family he traced back to the holders of the 13th century French title C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tiaan
Tiaan is an English male given name, often a shortened form of Christian or Christiaan. It may refer to: People *Tiaan Botes (born 2001), South African rugby player *Tiaan Cloete (born 1989), South African cricketer *Tiaan de Klerk (born 2001), Namibian rugby union player *Tiaan Falcon (born 1997), New Zealand rugby player *Tiaan Fourie (born 2002), South African rugby player *Tiaan Kannemeyer (born 1978), South African road cyclist *Tiaan Liebenberg (born 1981), South African rugby player *Tiaan Louw (born 1988), Namibian cricketer *Tiaan Strauss (born 1965), South African rugby union footballer *Tiaan Swanepoel (born 1996), Namibian rugby union player *Tiaan Tauakipulu, New Zealand-born Australian rugby union player *Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler, (born 1999), Welsh rugby union player *Tiaan van der Merwe (born 1998), South African rugby union player *Tiaan van Vuuren (born 2001), South African cricketer Fictional characters *Tiaan Jerjerrod, character in the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kirsten (given Name)
Kirsten is the Scandinavian form of the name Christina (given name), Christina. Behind the Name, retrieved 15 December 2009. Music * Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962), Norwegian opera singer * Kirsten Rosenberg, American rock/metal singerSports * Kirsten Barnes (born 1968), Canadian rower and Olympic champion * Kirsten Venetta Brown (1963–2006), American slalom canoeist * Kirsten Bruhn (born 1969), German female Paralympic swimmer * Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player; 2003 International Tennis Federation Junior World Champion * Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen (born 1935), Danish Olympic swimmer * Kirsten Plum Jensen (born 1961), Danish Olympic rower * Kirsten Olson (born 1991), American figure skater * Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (born 1970), Norwegian long-distance runner * Kirsten Sim ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kristin (name)
Kristin () is a female given name. It is a variation of Christine. It was the seventh most popular first name for girls born in Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ... between 2000 and 2004. People * Kristin Bass, United States Air Force officer * Kristin Booth, Canadian actress * Kristin Chenoweth, American singer, actress * Kristin Davis, American actress * Kristin Della Rovere (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player * Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Icelandic poet and writer * Kristin Fairlie, Canadian actress * Kristin Godridge (born 1973), retired tennis player from Australia * Kristin Gore, American writer * Kristín Halldórsdóttir, Icelandic politician and journalist * Kristin Hallenga (1985–2024), West German-born British columnist and philanthropist * Kristin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cristina
Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess *Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American singer * Infanta Cristina of Spain (born 1965), Spanish princess * Cristina D'Avena (born 1964), Italian singer and actress * Cristina Bazgan, French computer scientist * Cristina Boiț (born 1968), Romanian discus thrower * Cristina Bowerman, Italian chef * Cristina Butucea, French statistician * Cristina Buarque (1950–2025), Brazilian singer and composer * Cristina Cini (born 1969), Italian football assistant referee * Cristina Conati, Italian and Canadian computer scientist * Cristina Deutekom (1931–2014), Dutch opera singer *Cristina Dorcioman (born 1974), Romanian football referee *Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (born 1953), former president of Argentina * Cristina Fink (born 1964), Mexican high jumper * Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kristen (given Name)
Kristen is a first name, also the Breton, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian form of Christian. As a result, Kristen is a male name in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, with the female equivalent spelt as Kristin, a Scandinavian form and a variation of Christine. In Breton, Kristen is both a male and female name. In Indonesian, Kristen is the name for Christian religion from English. In English-speaking countries, Kristen is now usually a female name, used as an alternative spelling of Kristin, with the Kristen spelling having become the more popular spelling of the name in English-speaking countries for newborn girls by the mid 1970s. Spelling variants In Denmark, the name can also be spelt '' Christen'', and also variants '' Kresten'' and '' Chresten'' exists. In Iceland, the name ''Kristinn'' is used, and is often mistaken as female by other Europeans. List of people with the given name Kristen A *Kristen Alderson (born 1991), American actress and singer *Kristen Soltis Anderson (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Christiane
Christiane or Christianne is a given name, derived from the Latin ''Christiana'', the feminine form of ''Christianus'' (see Christian). It can also be a Latinized version of Middle English '' Christin'' 'Christian' (Old English ''christen'', from Latin).. A common short form is Chris and alternate spellings include Christianne, Cristiane and Kristiane. People with the name Christiane *Christiane Amanpour (born 1958), British-Iranian journalist *Christiane Bøcher (1798–1874), Norwegian actress * Christiane Brunner (1947–2025), Swiss politician and advocate * Christiane Chabot (born 1950), French-Canadian artist * Christiane Collange (1930–2023), French journalist * Christiane Duchesne (born 1949), Canadian researcher, educator, illustrator, translator and writer * Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932–2020), French soprano *Christiane Felscherinow, German actress, and subject of the 1981 film ''Christiane F'' * Christiane von Goethe (1765–1816), wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Christina (given Name)
Christina or Cristina is a feminine given name. It is a simplified form of the Latin Christiana (other), Christiana, and a feminine form of Christianus or a Latinized form of the Middle English Christin 'Christian' (Old English Christen (other), christen, from Latin).. Short forms include Chris and Tina. The name is ultimately derived from the original Greek form of the name, Χριστίνα. The name Christina is most commonly used in the Christian religion. Variant forms Alternative forms of the name, including spelling variations, nicknames and diminutive forms, include: *Chislee (Korean language, Korean) *Christnah, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Krishna (Indian) *Cairistìona (Scottish Gaelic) *Chris (English) *Chrissie (English) *کریستینا (Arabic) *Chrissy (English) *Christa (Danish, Dutch, English, German) *Christabel (English) *Christabella (English) *Christabelle (French, English) *Christel (German) *Christelle (French) *Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Christine (name)
Christine is feminine given name of Greek origin. It is a name in regular usage in French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Irish, and Scottish cultures,Campbell, Mike"Meaning, Origin, and History of the Name Kristine."''Behind the Name.'' Accessed on August 1, 2010. and it is often associated with the meaning "Follower of Christ.""Origin and Meaning of the Name Kristine." ''BabyNames.com''. Accessed on August 1, 2010. Variants include: ''Christina (given name), Christina'', ''Kristin (name), Kristin'', ''Kristina (other), Kristina'', ''Kristine (given name), Kristine'', ''Kristen (given name), Kristen'', ''Kirsten (given name), Kirsten'', ''Khrystyna'' (Ukraine), ''Krystyna (other), Krystyna'' (Poland), ''Kristiina'' (Estonia & Finland), and ''Cristina'' (Spain, Portugal, Central & South Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Christians
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title (), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term '' mashiach'' () (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.3 billion Christians around the world, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Americas, about 26% live in Europe, 24% live in sub-Saharan Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
