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Kristen is a first name, also the Breton, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian form of Christian.[3] As a result, Kristen is a male name in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, with the female equivalent spelt as Kristin, a Scandinavian form and a variation of Christine. In Breton, Kristen is both a male and female name. In Indonesian, Kristen is the name for Christian religion from English. In English-speaking countries, Kristen is now usually a female name, used as an alternative spelling of Kristin, with the Kristen spelling having become the more popular spelling of the name in English-speaking countries for newborn girls by the mid 1970s.[4]
Pronunciation | /ˈkrɪstən/ KRIS-tən |
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Gender | Unisex |
Origin | |
Word/name | Egyptian[1][2] translation of Hebrew, via Greek. The name is used in several languages, among them Slovak, Estonian, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Bulgarian and Croatian. |
Meaning | anointed, christian |
Other names | |
Related names | Christian, Christine |
In Denmark, the name can also be spelt Christen, and also variants Kresten and Chresten exists. In Iceland, the name Kristinn is used, and is often mistaken as female by other Europeans.
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