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What does Christen mean?
Christen 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced KRIS-ten. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Christen is "follower of Christ". Variant of Christian. Also form of Christine.
Variations
VARIANTS Christaine, Christan, Christana, Christanne, Christin▼, Christina▼, Christon, Christyn, Chrysten, Chrystyn, Cristen, Cristin▼, Cristyn, Kristen▼
OTHER FORMS VIA CHRISTIAN Chris▼, Christiaan, Christiana, Christiane, Chrystian, Cristian, Karsten, Khristian, Kristien
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Christen Miyah (C.M.), ..
How popular is Christen?
Christen is a very prominent first name for females (#1134 out of 4276, Top 27%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#8705 out of 150436, Top 6%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Christen entered the list in 1960-1969 and reached its peak rank of #459 in the U.S. during the years 1980-1989, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Christina (#439 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Christine (#926), Kristen (#1226), Christiana (#1387), Chris, Christan, Christian, Christiane, Christin, Cristen, Cristian and Cristin are the popular variation forms of Christen ranked in the Top 2000. These relations of Christen were at the height of their popularity 4 decades ago (AVERAGE #958) and are now much less common (#1690, 95.7% LESS USAGE), with forms like Christin becoming somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Christen▼ is alike in pronunciation to Chrisanne, Khristen and Kristene. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Britten, Carileen (see Caroline), Ceridwen, Cerise, Cherise, Cherishe, Cherisse, Chrisie, Chrissa, Chrissee, Chrissie, Chrisstan (see Christina), Chrisstie (see Christina), Chrisstina (see Christina), Chrisstine, Chrissty (see Christina), Christabel, Christable, Christalle, Christele, Christell, Christelle, Christi▼, Christia, Christianne, Christianni, Christie▼, Christini, Christinia, Christinna, Christl, Christleen, Christline, Christna, Christobel, Christy▼, Christyna, Christyne, Chrisy, Chrysta, Chrystal▼, Chrystele, Chrystelle, Chrystina, Chrystine, Chrystobel, Chrystol, Chrystyna, Crista, Cristalyn, Cristel, Cristena, Cristie, Cristine, Cristle, Crystal▼, Crystie, Crystine, Crystle, Crystyna, Khristie, Khristin, Khristy, Khristyna, Kristan▼, Kristee (see Christy), Kristeen, Kristena, Kristey, Kristin▼, Tristen▼ and Tristin. These names tend to be less frequently used than Christen.
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