Christian - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Christian \

, also used as girl's name Christian, is pronounced KRIS-chen. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "follower of Christ". A girl's name in the Middle Ages that became used as a male name, possibly due to the success of John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" (1684), whose hero is called Christian. The name of Christ is from Khristos (Greek) which is translated from the Hebrew term for "Messiah", meaning "anointed". The Cr- spellings are Spanish forms. Actor Christian Slater; French fashion designers Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix; Dr. Christiaan Barnard.

Christian has 25 variant forms: Chrestien, Chretien, Chris, Christan, Christer, Christiano, Christie, Christo, Christos, Christy, Cristian, Cristen, Cristian, Cristiano, Cristino, Criston, Cristos, Cristy, Kit, Kris, Krister, Kristian, Kristo, Krystian and Krystiano.

A baby name that sounds like Christian is Chrystian.

Christian is a very common first name for men (#236 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#564 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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