Kristen is a

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, also the Breton, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian form of

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

. As a result, Kristen is a male name in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

and

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

, with the female equivalent spelt as Kristin, a Scandinavian form and a variation of

Christine Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on Stephen King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' ( ...

. In Breton, Kristen is both a male and female name. In

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

, Kristen is the name for

Christian religion Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus is the Son of God and rose from the dead after his crucifixion, whose coming as the messiah (Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New ...

from English. In English-speaking countries, Kristen is now usually a

female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

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.Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Kristen
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In Denmark, the name can also be spelt '' Christen'', and also variants '' Kresten'' and '' Chresten'' exists. In Iceland, the name ''

Kristinn 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 Chri ...

'' is used, and is often mistaken as female by other Europeans.

List of people with the given name Kristen

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Kristen Alderson Kristen DeAnn Alderson (born May 29, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing the role of Starr Manning on the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' (1998 to 2012) and the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' (2012 t ...

(born 1991), American actress and singer *

Kristen Soltis Anderson Kristen Lynne Soltis Anderson (born 1984) is a Republican pollster, television personality, and writer whose work has appeared in ''The Daily Beast'', ''Politico'', and ''HuffPost''. In 2013 ''Time'' named Anderson one of the 30 People Under 30 ...

(born 1984), American journalist *

Kristen Anderson-Lopez Kristen Anderson-Lopez (born March 21, 1972) is an American songwriter. She is known for co-writing the songs for the 2013 animated musical film '' Frozen'' and its 2019 sequel '' Frozen II'' with her husband Robert Lopez. The couple won the Aca ...

(born 1972), American songwriter *

Kristen Arnett Kristen Arnett (born December 16, 1980) is an American fiction author and essayist. Her debut novel, ''Mostly Dead Things'', was a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Early life and education Arnett was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, where sh ...

(born 1980), American fiction author and essayist *

Kristen Ashburn Kristen Ashburn is an American photojournalist. She is best known for her work photographing the impact of AIDS in southern Africa. Ashburn is based in New York City and Miami, where she resides with her husband and daughter. Early life and educ ...

(born 1973), American photojournalist *

Kristen Ashley Kristen Ashley (born Kristen A L Moutaw; April 8, 1968) is a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling author of more than 75 books in 14 languages, with over three million copies sold. Two of her novels have been adapted into film. Ca ...

(born 1986), American author

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Kristen Babb-Sprague Kristen Elizabeth Babb, (born July 29, 1968) also known by her married name Kristen Elizabeth Babb-Sprague after February 1991, is an American former synchronized swimmer who competed for the Walnut Creek Aquanuts and was a 1992 Barcelona Olympi ...

(born 1968) American synchronized swimmer * Kristen Barbara (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player * Kristen Barnhisel, American winemaker * Kristen Beams (born 1984), Australian cricket player *

Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. List of Kristen Bell performances, Her work includes both film and television, and List of awards and nominations received by Kristen Bell, h ...

(born 1980), American actress * Kristen Walsh Bellows (born 1982), American racquetball player * Kristen Berset (born 1981), American beauty pageant contestant * Kristen Bicknell (born 1986), Canadian professional poker player * Kristen Bowditch (born 1975), British former long-distance runner *

Kristen Kyrre Bremer Kristen Kyrre Bremer (12 July 1925 – 16 May 2013) was a Norwegian theologian and bishop in the Church of Norway. Education and career Bremer was born in Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway in 1925. Bremer received his cand.theol. degr ...

(1925–2013), Norwegian theologian and clergyman *

Kristen Britain Kristen Britain (born October 18, 1965) is an American author. She is the author of the fantasy series ''Green Rider'' which includes the eponymous first volume (nominated for the Crawford Award), ''First Rider's Call'', ''The High King's Tomb'', ...

, American author * Kristen Brown (born 1992), American pole vaulter * Kristen Bujnowski (born 1992), Canadian bobsledder *

Kristen Buckley Kristen Buckley (born June 9, 1968, in New York City, New York) is an American screenwriter and author. She co-wrote the screenplays for ''102 Dalmatians'' (for which she also co-wrote the story), ''How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ''How to Lose a ...

(born 1968), American author * Kristen Butler (born 1984), American softball player

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* Kristen Caverly (born 1984), American swimmer *

Kristen Cloke Kristen Cloke (born ) is an American actress and writer. She was in the main cast of ''Space: Above and Beyond'' (1995–96), and had small roles in other TV series. She is known for her role as Valerie Lewton in ''Final Destination (film), Fin ...

(born 1968), American actress * Kristen Condon, Australian actress *

Kristen Connolly Kristen Connolly (born July 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Dana Polk in the 2011 film ''The Cabin in the Woods'', Christina Gallagher on the Netflix series ''House of Cards'' and Jamie Campbell on the CBS series ...

(born 1980), American actress and tennis player *

Kristen Cox Kristen Cox () is an American business executive, university fellow and instructor, keynote speaker, published author, trainer, consultant, and co-founder of The Fulcrum. Cox is a fellow and instructor at the David Eccles School of Business at ...

(born 1969), American politician

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* Kristen Dalton (born 1966), American actress * Kristen Dalton (born 1986), American beauty pageant contestant * Kristen DeAngelis, American microbiologist and environmental activist * Kristen Dexter (born 1961), American politician

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Kristen Edmonds Kristen Nicole Edmonds (born May 22, 1987) is an American professional soccer player. She previously played for Stjarnan in Iceland, WFC Rossiyanka in Russia, and the Western New York Flash, Orlando Pride, and Kansas City Current, and NJ/NY Got ...

(born 1987), American soccer player * Kristen Eik-Nes (1922–1992), Norwegian medical scientist

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* Kristen Feilberg (1839–1919), Danish photographer * Kristen K. Flaa (1925–2021), Norwegian politician * Kristen Fløgstad (born 1947), Norwegian triple and long jumper * Kristen Flores (born 1982), American actress and film producer * Kristen Foster (born 1987), Canadian curler * Kristen French (1976–1992), Canadian homicide victim

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* Kristen R. Ghodsee (born 1970), American ethnographer *

Kristen Gilbert Kristen Heather Gilbert ( Strickland; born November 13, 1967) is an American serial killer and former nurse who was convicted of four murders and two attempted murders of patients admitted to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Northam ...

(born 1967), American serial killer * Kristen Gislefoss (born 1954), Norwegian meteorologist * Kristen Gran Gleditsch (1867–1946), Norwegian military officer and topographer * Kristen Graczyk (born 1993), American soccer player * Kristen Gremillion (born 1958), American anthropologist *

Kristen Marie Griest Kristen Marie Griest (born October 2, 1989) is one of the two first women, along with Shaye Lynne Haver, to graduate from the United States Army Ranger School, which occurred on 21 August 2015. Griest and Haver were ranked 34th on ''Fortune'' ma ...

, American military officer * Kristen Gundelach (1891–1971), Norwegian poet and translator

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* Kristen Hager (born 1984), Canadian actress * Kristen Hamilton (born 1992), American soccer player * Kristen den Hartog (born 1965), Canadian writer * Kristen Heiss (born 1987), American swimmer *

Kristen Holbø Kristen Holbø (13 September 1869 – 19 October 1953) was a Norway, Norwegian Painting, painter and illustrator, most noted for his landscapes. Biography He was born on Sygard Holbø in Vågå in Oppland county, Norway. He studied under Knud Be ...

(1869–1953), Norwegian painter and illustrator * Kristen Holden-Ried (Kris Holden-Ried; born 1973), Canadian actor * Kristen Hughes (born 1979), Australian netball player

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* Kristen Iversen, American writer

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* Kristen Jenner (Kris Jenner; born 1955), American television personality *

Kristen Johnson Kristen Johnson is an American escape artist who works with her husband, magician Kevin Ridgeway, under the names Living Illusions, Ridgeway & Johnson, and Breathless. She was the featured magician on the cover of the June 2009 issue of the mag ...

, American magician *

(born 1982), American beauty pageant contestant *

Kristen Johnston Kristen Angela Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American actress. Best known for her work on television sitcoms, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sally Solomon in ...

(born 1967), American actress

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* Kristen Kavander (born 1989), American author * Kristen Kelly, American singer * Kristen Kish (born 1984), American chef and television personality * Kristen Kjellman (born 1984), American lacrosse player

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Kristen Ledlow Kristen Melissa Ledlow (born January 18, 1988) is an American sports anchor. She previously worked as a courtside reporter for the NBA on TNT from 2019 to 2023, and for NBA TV as the host of ''NBA Inside Stuff'' from 2013 to 2016. She has also se ...

(born 1988), American reporter * Kristen Lepionka, American crime fiction novelist * Kristen Li (born 2002), American voice actress known for ''The Powerpuff Girls'' *

Kristen Lippincott Kristen Lippincott is a London-based art historian and museums consultant. From 1990 to 2006 she worked for the National Maritime Museum, and was its Deputy Director (2000–2006) after being Director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (1998–2 ...

, English art historian * Kristen Luneberg, American beauty pageant contestant

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Kristen-Paige Madonia Kristen-Paige Madonia is an American writer and creative writing teacher, known for her 2012 debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publ ...

, American writer *

Kristen Maloney Kristen Ann Maloney (born March 10, 1981) is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in the United States. She won bronze in the team event at the 2000 Olympic Games. Maloney was also the U.S. senior all-around national champion in 1998 ...

(born 1981), American gymnast *

Kristen Mann Kristen Cherie Mann (born August 10, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, and Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She pl ...

(born 1983), American basketball player * Kristen May, American musician *

Kristen McGuire Kristen Maegan McGuire (born August 27, 1985) is an American voice actress. She started as a comic book artist, before later joining Funimation as a voice actress. Some of her noteworthy roles for Funimation and Sentai Studios include Milim Nava ...

, American voice actress *

Kristen McMenamy Kristen McMenamy (born December 13, 1964) is an American model known for her unconventional, androgynous appearance. Originally a long-haired redhead, she reinvented her look in the early 1990s by having her hair cut short and dyed black, and he ...

(born 1964), American model *

Kristen Meadows Kristen Meadows is a retired actress who has appeared in such daytime TV soap operas as ''One Life to Live'' as Mimi King and ''Santa Barbara (TV series), Santa Barbara'' as Victoria Lane. Personal life Meadows was born in Milwaukee, Milwauk ...

(born 1957), American actress * Kristen Meier (born 1991), American soccer player * Kristen Merlin (born 1984), American musician * Kristen Merlino, American art director *

Kristen Michal Kristen Michal (; born 12 July 1975) is an Estonian politician who has served as prime minister of Estonia since 23 July 2024. A member of the Reform Party, he succeeded Kaja Kallas, who was appointed EU High Representative for Foreign Affair ...

(born 1975), Estonian politician * Kristen Miller (born 1976), American actress *

Kristen Morgin Kristen L. Morgin (born 1968) is an American visual artist working primarily in sculpture. She is best known for her works made of unfired clay that use trompe-l'œil to appear as wood, paper, or metal and suggest decay. Biography Kristen Morgin ...

(born 1968), American sculptor

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* Kristen Newlin (born 1985), Turkish American basketball player *

Kristen Nygaard Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming ...

(1926–2002), Norwegian computer scientist and politician * Kristen Nygaard (footballer) (born 1949), Danish footballer

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* Kristen Øyen (born 1938), Norwegian forester

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* Kristen Pazik (born 1978), TAMIL NADU model *

Kristen Pfaff Kristen Marie Pfaff (née Parco; May 26, 1967 – June 16, 1994) was an American musician, best known as the bassist for alternative rock band Hole from 1993 to 1994. Prior to Hole, Pfaff was the bassist and backing vocalist for Minneapolis-based ...

(1967–1994), American musician

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Kristen Renton Kristen Renton is an American actress who had a recurring role as Ima Tite on ''Sons of Anarchy'' and also portrayed Morgan Hollingsworth on NBC's soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. Personal life Renton moved from Colorado to Florida at an earl ...

(born 1982), American actress *

Kristen Rohlfs Kristen Rohlfs (13 May 1930 in Humptrup – 10 December 2017) was a professor for astrophysics. He taught astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathema ...

(1930–2017), German astronomer * Kristen Roth (born 1985), American skater * Kristen Rudisill (born 1975), American culture scientist * Kristen Ruhlin (born 1984), American actress * Kristen Rutherford (born 1968), American writer

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Kristen Schaal Kristen Joy Schaal ( ,; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Known for her distinctive high-pitched, childlike voice, she voices Louise Belcher on ''Bob's Burgers'' and voiced Mabel Pines on '' Gravity Falls''. ...

(born 1978), American actress * Kristen Schlukebir (born 1987), American tennis player *

Kristen Silverberg Kristen Silverberg (born 1970) was the United States Ambassador to the European Union from July 2008 until January 2009. She was nominated by President George W. Bush on April 24, 2008, and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27, 2008. ...

(born 1971), American diplomat * Kristen Simmons, American writer *

Kristen Skjeldal Kristen Skjeldal (born 27 May 1967) is an Olympic champion and cross-country skier from Norway. He has won three olympic medals: two gold and one bronze. He won his first gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics in A ...

(born 1967), Norwegian cross-country skier *

Kristen Stewart Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress and director. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a César Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe ...

(born 1990), American actress * Kristen A. Stilt, American Islamic studies scholar

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* Kristen Taunton (born 1977), Canadian field hockey player * Kristen Thomson (born 1966), Canadian actress and playwright * Kristen Thorsness (born 1960), American rower

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* Kristen Vadgaard (1886–1979), Danish gymnast * Kristen Valkner (1903–1972), Norwegian clergyman and historian * Kristen Veal (born 1981), Australian basketball player * Kristen Vigard (born 1963), American actress and singer *

Kristen Viikmäe Kristen Viikmäe (born 10 February 1979) is an Estonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He now plays beach soccer. Club career Born in Tallinn, Viikmäe started his career with FC Flora Tallinn, and has since played f ...

(born 1979), Estonian footballer

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* Kristen Welker (born 1976), American television journalist *

Kristen Wiig Kristen Carroll Wiig (; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Wiig achieved stardom in the late 2000s for her ...

(born 1973), American actress *

Kristen Wilson Kristen Wilson (born September 4, 1969) is an American former actress, best known as Miranda DuBaer in '' Twitches'' and ''Twitches Too'' and as Lisa Dolittle in the films '' Dr. Dolittle'', '' Dr. Dolittle 2'', and '' Dr. Dolittle 3''. Early l ...

(born 1969), American actress

Fictional characters

* Kristen DiMera, character from American soap opera ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...

'' *Kristen, a character in ''

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series created by Sheryl Leach targeted at children ages two to five. The flagship production of the ''Barney'' franchise, it originally aired on PBS under the PBS Kids brand from Ap ...

'', played by Sara Hickman

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