Kirsten (first name)
Kirsten is permitted as a male and female first name . Today it is mainly used for women. When used for a male person, a second, clearly male first name must be added in Germany according to current naming law.
Origin and meaning
Kirsten is a Scandinavian version of Christine . It means something like the Christian , the loyalty to God , the anointed by Christ. Originally the name Kirsten, like Evelyn, was a male name as a modification of Christian .
name day
- as male name: May 14th
- as a female name: November 6th, December 15th, July 24th (after St. Christina of Bolsena) (depending on the origin of the name)
Well-known namesake
- Kirsten Block (* 1960), German actress
- Kirsten Boie (* 1950), German writer
- Kirsten Bolm (* 1975), German athlete
- Kirsten Bråten Berg (* 1950), Norwegian folk singer
- Kirsten Bruhn (* 1969), German disabled athlete
- Kirsten Böttner (* 1963), German politician
- Kirsten Clark (* 1977), American ski racer
- Kirsten Dene (* 1943), German actress
- Kirsten Dunst (* 1982), German-American actress
- Kirsten Emmelmann (* 1961), German athlete
- Kirsten Erl (1966–2017), German television judge
- Kirsten Fehrs (* 1961), German clergyman, bishop of the Hamburg and Lübeck districts
- Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962), Norwegian singer (soprano)
- Kirsten Fuchs (* 1977), German writer
- Kirsten Hager (* 1952), German film producer
- Kirsten Harms (* 1956), German theater director
- Kirsten Heiberg (1907–1976), Norwegian singer
- Kirsten Heisig (1961–2010), German lawyer
- Kirsten Holst (1936–2008), Danish writer
- Kirsten John-Stucke (* 1966), German historian
- Kirsten Jüngling (* 1949), German publicist
- Kirsten Klose (* 1977), German hammer thrower
- Kirsten Krüger (table tennis player) (* 1955), German table tennis player
- Kirsten McGarry (* 1985), Irish ski racer and ski crosser
- Kirsten Müller-Vahl (* 1964), German doctor
- Kirsten Myklevoll (1928–1996), Norwegian politician
- Kirsten Nelson , American actress
- Kirsten Niehuus (* 1959), German managing director
- Kirsten Prout (* 1990), Canadian actress
- Kirsten Tackmann (* 1960), German politician
- Kirsten Vangsness (* 1972), American actress
- Kirsten Walther (1933–1987), Danish actress
Well-known name bearer
- Kirsten Zöllner (* 1981), German basketball player