Kristen (first name)
Kristen is a female and male given name of Scandinavian origin. The female form is a variant of Kirsten or Christine . It's quite common in the United States . The male form is a variant of Kristian or Christian and was given relatively often at the beginning of the 20th century.
Well-known namesake
- Kristen Bell (born 1980), American actress
- Kristen Bicknell (* 1986), Canadian poker player
- Kristen Cloke (* 1968), American actress
- Kristen Dalton (actress) (born 1966), American actress
- Kristen Dalton (Beauty Queen) (* 1986), American beauty queen
- Kristen Hager (* 1984), Canadian actress
- Kristen Johnston (born 1967), American actress
- Kristen Mann (* 1983), American basketball player
- Kristen Meadows (born 1957), American actress
- Kristen Miller (* 1976 as Kristen Elizabeth Miller), American actress
- Kristen Pfaff (1967–1994), American musician
- Kristen Renton (* 1982), American actress
- Kristen Schaal (* 1978), American comedian
- Kristen Stewart (* 1990), American actress
- Kristen Wiig (* 1973), American actress, comedian and screenwriter
Well-known namesake
- Kristen Bjorn (* 1957), English film director and producer
- Kristen Nygaard (1926–2002), Norwegian mathematician and pioneer in the field of programming languages
- Kristen Rohlfs (1930–2017), German astrophysicist
- Kristen Viikmäe (* 1979), Estonian football player
variants
- Christian (male / female)
- Christian (male)
- Christine , Christina (female)
- Karsten (male)
- Kerstin (female)
- Kirsten (male / female)
- Kristin (Icelandic, female)
- Kristinn (Icelandic, male)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges: Kristen In: A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-19-861060-2 .
- ^ Nancy L. Coleman, Olav Veka: A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. University of Wisconsin Press, 2010, ISBN 0-29-924834-8 , p. 36.