Kersten

Kersten is like Karsten or Carsten Nordic / Low German form of Christian and a predominantly male first name. Kerst is formed by metathesis form of Christian. Female name variants loud Kerstin or Kirsten. In rare cases, Kersten is commonly used as a female first name.

The first name comes from the Latin and the Greek Christianos christianus ( χριστιανός ), Christian or Christian, which is derived from Christós ( Χριστός ). The Greek Christos turn corresponds to the Hebrew Mashiach ( משיח ), Messiah, which means based on Jesus Christ, the Anointed One.

As a derivative of Christian Kersten is " In Christ finds a rock in Christ" interpreted as.

Name-day

May 14 ( Christian ) or June 24 ( Christiane )

Variants

Karsten, Kerst and Carsten ( male), Kerstin, Kerstine, Kerstina, Kirsten, Kirsti, Kirstin, Cerstin, Keri and Kiki (female )

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Kersten Miles († 1420 ), mayor of Hamburg and contemporary Störtebekers
  • Kersten Reich ( b. 1948 ), German educator and founder of the interactive constructivism
  • Kersten Steinke ( b. 1958 ), German politician ( LINKE. )
  • Kersten Flenter (* 1966), German author and performer

Family name

  • Abraham Kersten (1733-1799), director and co-owner of the first Wuppertal Bankhaus Gebr Kersten
  • Albert Kersten (1889-1937), Austrian actor
  • Anne Kersten (1895-1982), German actress
  • Ben Kersten ( born 1981 ), Australian track and road cyclist
  • Britt Kersten (* 1939), German pop singer
  • Caspar Kersten (1734-1807), senior partner and co-founder of the banking house Kersten Brothers
  • Charles J. Kersten (1902-1972), American politician
  • Conrad Kersten ( Kersten Konrad, 1683-1759 ), co-founder of the first King James Kersten Brothers Bankhaus
  • Christoph Kersten (1733-1796), German missionary of the Moravian Church
  • Dagmar Kersten (* 1970), German gymnast
  • Felix Kersten (1898-1960), masseur of Heinrich Himmler
  • Fritz Kersten (1935-2005), Hessian politician ( FDP) and former Member of the Hessian Parliament
  • George Kersten (1857-1910), First mayor of Thorn and member of the preuss. manor house
  • Heinz Kersten, German film and theater critic
  • Holger Kersten (* 1951), German author
  • Hugo Kersten (1892-1919), German writer and journalist
  • Ina Kersten, German mathematician
  • Jens Kersten (* 1967), German legal scholar
  • Joachim Kersten (* 1948), German sociologist and criminologist
  • Karin Kersten (* 1943), German writer and translator
  • Karl Kersten (1909-1992), German prehistorians
  • Kurt Kersten (Author ) ( 1891-1962 ), German historian, writer and publicist
  • Kurt Kersten ( politician ) ( 1901-1967 ), German politician (GB / BHE), Member of Parliament of Hesse
  • Martin Kersten (1906-1999), German physicist metal
  • Max Werner -Kersten († 1948), German composer
  • Otto Kersten (1928-1982), German trade unionist and chairman of the ICFTU
  • Paul Kersten ( bookbinder ) (1865-1943), German bookbinder and paper historian
  • Paul Kersten ( writer ) ( born 1943 ), German writer and broadcaster
  • Paul Kersten ( footballer ) ( born 1949 ), German football player
  • Peter Kersten (* 1943), German magician and presenter
  • Peter Kersten ( rower ) (born 1958 ), German rower
  • Peter Heinz Kersten (1929-2004), an Austrian magician
  • Richard Kersten ( b. 1949 ), English - German musician
  • Rolf Kersten (1935-1986), German politician ( SED)
  • Stephan Kersten (* 1954), German lawyer
  • Ulrich Kersten (* 1941), German lawyer and President of the Federal
  • Walter Kersten (1926-2011), German biochemist
  • Walter Kersten ( prehistory ) ( 1907-1944 ), German prehistorians
  • William Kersten - Thiele (* 1913), German theologian and mission scientists
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Metathesis (linguistics)
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