Kerstin
Kerstin is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Kerstin is a Scandinavian modification of Christiane . Kerst is a form of Christ created by metathesis . So it means something like the Christian, the faithfulness to God, the anointed.
distribution
The name Kerstin was rather uncommon in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. However, its popularity rose rapidly in the 1950s. During the 1960s and early 1970s, the name was often among the ten most common female first names of the respective year. From the mid-1980s, its popularity declined sharply.
name day
variants
Cerstin, Cerstina, Kerstine, Kerstina, Kirsten , Kirstin, Kirsti, Keri, Kersten , Kärstin
Name bearers
First name
- Kerstin de Ahna (* 1935), German actress
- Kerstin Andreae (* 1968), German politician
- Kerstin Asbar (* 1969), former German beach volleyball player
- Kerstin Behrendt (* 1967), German athlete
- Kerstin Braun (* 1970), German photographer
- Kerstin Ekman (* 1933), Swedish writer
- Kerstin Decker (* 1962), German journalist and writer
- Kerstin Gänke (1958-2017), German actress
- Kerstin Garefrekes (* 1979), German soccer player
- Kerstin Griese (* 1966), German politician
- Kerstin Hensel (* 1961), German writer
- Kerstin Herrnkind (* 1965), German journalist and author
- Kerstin Knabe (* 1959), German athlete
- Kerstin Kowalski (* 1976), German rower
- Kerstin Kramer (* 1977), German actress
- Kerstin Landsmann (* 1977), German actress and stunt woman
- Kerstin Linnartz (* 1976), German photo model, television presenter and actress
- Kerstin Lorenz (1962–2005), German politician
- Kerstin Meier (* 1975), German politician
- Kerstin Müller (* 1963), German politician
- Kerstin Ott (* 1982), German singer, songwriter, guitarist and DJ
- Kerstin Paeserack , German photo model
- Kerstin Palm (* 1946), Swedish foil fencer
- Kerstin Ramcke (* 1963), German film producer
- Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif (* 1943), German voice actress and theater actress.
- Cerstin Schmidt (* 1963), German luge athlete
- Kerstin Schulz (* 1967), German artist
- Kerstin Söderblom (* 1963), German pastor
- Kerstin Specht (* 1956), German playwright
- Kerstin Stegemann (* 1977), German soccer player
- Kerstin Stutterheim (* 1961), German author and documentary filmmaker
- Kerstin Thielemann (* 1962), German actress
- Kerstin Tzscherlich (* 1978), German volleyball player
- Kerstin Vogel (* 1985), former German swimmer
- Kerstin von der Betten (* 1968), German lawyer, professor of international and European law
- Kerstin Walther (* 1961), German athlete
- Kerstin Wasems (* 1979), German soccer player
- Kerstin Wöller (* 1967), German bodybuilder
- Kerstin Wolff (* 1967), German historian
Fictional character
- Kerstin and I , Astrid Lindgren's book for young people from 1945