Kirsten

Kirsten is permitted as male and female first name. Today it is used mostly female. When used for a male person has in Germany according to the current naming rights for a second, unique male first name be added.

Origin and Meaning

Kirsten is a Scandinavian variant of Christine. It means as much as the Christian, the faithfulness of God, the anointed of Christ. Originally the name Kirsten was just like Evelyn a man's name as a variant of Christian.

Name-day

  • As a male name: May 14
  • As a female name: November 6, December 15, July 24 (after St. Christina of Bolsena ) (depending on the origin of the name)

Famous names winners

  • Kirsten Block ( b. 1960 ), German actress
  • Kirsten Boie (* 1950), German writer
  • Kirsten Bolm (* 1975), German track and field athlete
  • Kirsten Bråten Berg ( born 1950 ), Norwegian folk singer
  • Kirsten Bruhn (* 1969), German disabled athlete
  • Kirsten Boettner (* 1963), German politician
  • Kirsten Clark ( born 1977 ), American ski racer
  • Kirsten Dene (* 1943), German actress
  • Kirsten Dunst ( b. 1982 ), American - German actress
  • Kirsten Emmelmann (* 1961), German track and field athlete
  • Kirsten Erl ( born 1966 ), German television judge
  • Kirsten Fehr's ( b. 1961 ), bishop of the diocese of Hamburg and Lübeck
  • Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), Norwegian soprano
  • Kirsten Fuchs ( born 1977 ), German writer
  • Kirsten Harms ( * 1956 ), German theater director
  • Kirsten Heiberg (1907-1976), Norwegian singer
  • Kirsten Heisig (1961-2010), German jurist
  • Kirsten Holst (1936-2008), Danish writer
  • Kirsten youth (* 1949), German journalist
  • Kirsten Klose ( born 1977 ), German hammer thrower
  • Kirsten Kruger ( born 1955 ), German table tennis player
  • Kirsten Müller- Vahl (* 1964), German physician
  • Kirsten Nelson, American actress
  • Kirsten Niehuus (* 1959), Managing film promoting media board Berlin -Brandenburg GmbH
  • Kirsten Prout (* 1990), Canadian actress
  • Kirsten Tackmann (* 1960), German politician
  • Kirsten Vangsness (born 1972 ), American actress
  • Kirsten Walther (1933-1987), Danish actress

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Kirsten Zoellner (* 1981), German basketball player

Variants

Kerstin, Kirstin, Keri, Kiki

  • Female first name
  • Male first name
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