Kersten
Like Karsten or Carsten, Kersten is the Nordic / Low German form of Christian and a primarily male first name . Kerst is a form of Christ created by metathesis . Female name variants are Kerstin or Kirsten . In rare cases Kersten is also used as a female first name.
The first name comes from the Latin christianus as well as from the Greek christianós (χριστιανός), Christ or Christian, which is derived from Christós (Χριστός). The Greek Christos in turn corresponds to the Hebrew moschiach (משיח), Messiah , which means the anointed in relation to Jesus Christ .
Derived from Christian, Kersten is also interpreted as "Firmly in Christ, a rock in Christ".
name day
May 14th (Christian) or June 24th (Christiane)
variants
Karsten, Kerst and Carsten (male), Kerstin, Kerstine, Kerstina, Kirsten, Kirsti, Kirstin, Cerstin, Keri and Kiki (female)
Name bearer
First name
- Kersten Miles († 1420), Mayor of Hamburg and contemporary of Störtebeker
- Kersten Reich (* 1948), German educator and founder of interactionist constructivism
- Kersten Steinke (* 1958), German politician (LINKE.)
family name
- Abraham Kersten (1733–1796), director and co-owner of the first bank in Wuppertal, Gebr. Kersten
- Albert von Kersten (1889–1937), Austrian actor
- Alicia Kersten (* 1998), German soccer player
- Andrea Kersten (* 1965), German politician (AfD) and MdL
- Anne Kersten (1895–1982), German actress
- Ben Kersten (* 1981), Australian track and road cyclist
- Britt Kersten (* 1939), German pop singer
- Caspar Kersten (1734–1807), senior boss and co-founder of the Kersten Brothers banking house
- Charles J. Kersten (1902–1972), American politician
- Christian Heinrich Kersten (1732 / 33–1799), German organ builder in Rostock
- Christoph Kersten (1733–1796), German missionary of the Moravian Brethren
- Conrad Kersten (also Konrad Kersten, 1683–1759), co-founder of the first Elberfeld banking house Gebrüder Kersten
- Dagmar Kersten (* 1970), German gymnast
- Felix Kersten (1898–1960), Heinrich Himmler's masseur
- Fritz Kersten (1935–2005), Hessian politician (FDP) and former member of the Hessian state parliament
- Heinz Kersten (* 1926), German author and publicist
- Herbert Kersten (1918–1996), Austrian actor
- Holger Kersten (* 1951), German author
- Hugo Kersten (1892–1919), German writer and publicist
- 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 prehistorian
- Karl Moritz Kersten (1803–1850), German chemist and university professor
- Katharina Bennefeld-Kersten (* 1947), German psychologist and author
- Kurt Kersten (author) (1891–1962), German historian, writer and publicist
- Kurt Kersten (politician) (1901–1967), German politician (GB / BHE), MdL Hessen
- Martin Kersten (1906–1999), German metal physicist
- Max Werner-Kersten (1880–1948), German composer
- Otto Kersten (1839–1900), German Africa explorer, geographer and consul
- Patrick Kersten (* 1972), Dutch handball player and coach
- Paul Kersten (bookbinder) (1865–1943), German bookbinder and paper historian
- Paul Kersten (writer) (1943–2020), German writer and radio editor
- Paul Kersten (soccer player) (* 1949), German soccer player
- Peter Kersten (writer) (* 1924), Czech-German radio journalist and writer
- Peter Kersten (photographer) (* 1937), German photographer and graphic designer
- Peter Kersten (magician, 1943) (* 1943), German magician and moderator
- Peter Kersten (rower) (* 1958), German rower
- Peter Heinz Kersten (1929–2004), Austrian magician and singer
- Rainer Kersten (* 1964), German translator
- Richard Kersten (* 1949), English-German musician
- Rolf Kersten (1935–1986), German politician (SED)
- Rudolf Kersten (* 1926), German soccer player
- Stephan Kersten (* 1954), German lawyer
- Ulrich Kersten (* 1941), German lawyer and President of the Federal Criminal Police Office
- Walter Kersten (1926–2011), German biochemist
- Wilhelm Kersten (1906–1970), German SS-Hauptscharführer
- Wilhelm Kersten-Thiele (1913–1988), German theologian and missiologist