# Christian (given name)

Christian is a unisex given name, which originated as a baptismal name used by persons of the Christian religion. It has been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, originally for males. It was later used for females, without any feminising word endings.
A historically commonly used abbreviation (used for example on English 17th-century church monuments and pedigrees) is Xpian, using the Greek Chi Rho Christogram Χρ, short for Χριστός, Christ. The Greek form of the baptismal name is Χριστιανός, a Christian. The name denotes a follower of Jesus Christ, thus a Christian.
In Europe, it is almost exclusively used as a male name, but in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was a popular female first name in Scotland. Female variants of the name include Christine, Christina, Christiane, Cristiane, Kristen, Cristina, Kristin, and Kirsten.

## In other languages

* Christiaan (Afrikaans, Dutch)
* Kristian, Kristi, Kristo (Albanian)
* كريستيان (Arabic)
* Քրիստոնեայ (Armenian)
* Крысціян, Kryscijan, Krystsiyan (Belarusian)
* খ্রীষ্টান (Khrishtan) (Bengali)
* Kristian (Breton, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish)
* Християн, Христиан, Кристиян or Кристиан (Bulgarian)
* 克里斯蒂安 (Kèlǐsīdìān) (Chinese Simplified)
* 克里斯蒂安 (Kèlǐsīdìān) (Chinese Traditional)
* Kristijan (Croatian)
* Kristián (Czech, Slovak)
* Christian (Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish)
* Karsten (Dutch, Low German)
* Kristjan (Estonian, Faroese, Slovenian)
* Chrétien (French)
* Crisdean (Gaelic)
* Χριστιανός, Christianós (Greek)
* נוצרי (Hebrew)
* ईसाई (Īsā'ī) (Hindi)
* Krisztián, Keresztény, for the Danish kings Keresztély (Hungarian)
* Kristján (Icelandic)
* Christian, Kristen, Cristina, Kristin (Indonesian)
* Cristiano (Italian and Portuguese)
* Christianus (Latin)
* Kristiāns, Krišjānis, Krišs (Latvian)
* Kristijonas (Lithuanian)
* クリスチャン (Kurisuchan) (Japanese)
* ಕ್ರಿಶ್ಚಿಯನ್ (Kriściyan) (Kannada)
* 크리스천 (Keuliseucheon) (Korean)
* Кристијан, Kristijan or Христијан, Hristijan (Macedonian)
* Kristian (Malaysian)
* Creestee (Manx)
* Karaitiana (Maori)
* ख्रीष्टियन (Khrīṣṭiyana) (Nepali)
* مسیحی (Persian)
* Krystian (Polish)
* ਮਸੀਹੀ (Masīhī) (Punjabi)
* Кристиан (Russian)
* Христиан (Serbian)
* ක්‍රිස්තියානි (Kristiyani) (Sinhala)
* Cristian or Cristián (Spanish, Romanian; Romance languages)
* ক্রিস্টান (Krishtan) (Sylheti)
* கிரிஸ்துவர் (Kiristuvar) (Tamil)
* క్రిస్టియన్(Krisṭiyan) (Telugu)
* คริสเตียน (Khris̄teīyn) (Thai)
* Християн (Ukrainian)
* عیسائی (Urdu)
* קריסטלעך (Kristlekh) (Yiddish)

## Characters

* Christian, a character in Diana Wynne Jones' fantasy novel Black Maria
* Christian, a character in the movie Moulin Rouge!
* Christian, protagonist of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
* Baron Christian de Neuvillette, a character in the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
* Christian Clarke, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Christian Frost, Emma Frost's gay brother in Marvel Comics
* Christian Grey, a character from E. L. James novel 50 Shades of Grey
* Christian Jorgenson, a character in the novel The Thin Man
* Christian Shephard, a character on the ABC series Lost
* Christian Stovitz, a character in the 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy movie Clueless
* Christian Cruz/Christian Torralba, a character in the Philippine drama series Mara Clara (1992 TV series) and Mara Clara (2010 TV series)
* Christian Troy, a character on the FX original series Nip/Tuck

## Males with the given name Christian

* Saint Christian of Cologne, died AD 1002, abbot of St-Pantaleon in Cologne (Germany)
* Saint Christian of Clogher, died AD 1138, bishop of Clogher (Ireland) and brother of St. Malachy
* Several kings of Denmark
* Several princes
* Christian of Oliva, 13th-century Cistercian monk, first bishop of Prussia
* Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer, physicist, mathematician and inventor
* Christian IX of Denmark (1818–1906), King of Denmark (1863–1906)
* Christian X of Denmark (1870–1947), King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944)
* Christian Abbiati (born 1977), Italian footballer
* Christian Albright (born 1999), American football player
* Christian Alexander (born 1990), American actor
* Christian Alshon (born 2000), a professional American pickleball player
* Christian Andersen (footballer) (born 1944), Danish former football player and now manager
* Christian Annan (born 1978), former Ghanaian-born Hong Kong professional footballer
* Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1622–1708), German ruler
* Christian Atsu (1992–c. 2023), Ghanaian professional footballer
* Christian Bables (born 1992), Filipino actor
* Christian Baciotti, French musician
* Christian Bakkerud (1984–2011), Danish racing driver
* Christian Bale (born 1974), English actor
* Christian Bannis (born 1992), Danish footballer
* Christian Barmore (born 1999), American football player
* Christian Bauman (born 1970), American writer
* Christian Bautista (born 1981), Filipino singer
* Christian Benford (born 2000), American football player
* Christian Benteke (born 1990), Belgian footballer
* Christian Bergman (born 1988), American baseball player
* Christian Bethancourt (born 1991), Panamanian baseball player
* Christian Biet (1952–2020), French theatrical scholar
* Christian Bizot (1928–2002), French winemaker, head of the Bollinger Champagne house
* Christian Borle (born 1973), American actor
* Christian Bonaud (1957–2019), French Islamologist
* Christian Boros (born 1964), German advertising agency founder and art collector
* Christian Brando (1958–2008), American actor
* Christian Braun (born 2001), American basketball player
* Christian Braswell (born 1999), American football player
* Christian Bryant (born 1992), American football player
* Christian Cage (born 1973), a ring name of Canadian wrestler Jay Reso (born 1973)
* Christian Clemens (born 1991), German footballer
* Christian Cooke (born 1987), English actor
* Christian Corrêa Dionisio (born 1975), Brazilian football player
* Christian Daniel (born 1984), Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
* Christian Danner (born 1958), German racing driver
* Christian Darrisaw (born 1999), American football player
* Christian de Duve (1917–2013), Nobel Prize-winning Belgian cytologist and biochemist
* Christan Decker (born 1966), German economist and university professor
* Christian DiLauro (born 1994), American football player
* Christian Dior (1905–1957), French fashion designer
* Christian Doppler (1803–1853), Austrian mathematician and physicist
* Christian Drejer (born 1982), former Danish basketball player
* Arthur Drews (1865-1935, full name Christian Heinrich Arthur Drews), German writer, historian, philosopher, and Christ myth theory proponent
* Christian Drobits (born 1968), Austrian politician
* Christian Ehrhoff (born 1982), German ice hockey player
* Christian Elliss (born 1999), American football player
* Christian Eriksen (born 1992), Danish professional footballer
* Christian Esguerra, Filipino political journalist and educator
* Christian Fernández Salas (born 1985), Spanish football player
* Christian Fittipaldi (born 1971), Brazilian racing driver
* Christian Fox (born 1981), Scottish footballer
* Christian Friedrich (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player
* Christian Fuchs (born 1986), Austrian footballer
* Christian García (disambiguation)
* Christian Gerhartsreiter (born 1961), German convicted murderer and impostor
* Christian Glass (died 2022), American man who was shot dead
* Christian Greef, Motswana politician
* Christian Gonzalez (born 2002), American football player
* Christian Hackenberg (born 1995), American football player
* Christian Hadinata (born 1949), Indonesian former badminton player
* Christian Hall (2001–2020), Asian-American man killed by police
* Christian Hamburger (1904–1992), Danish endocrinologist
* Christian Harris (born 2001), American football player
* Christian Haynes (born 2000), American football player
* Christian Heidel (born 1963), German football executive
* Christian Ho (born 2006), racing driver
* Christian Holder (1949–2025), British-Trinidadian dancer and artist
* Christian Holmes (born 1997), American football player
* Christian R. Holmes II (1896–1944), decorated American soldier and zoo owner
* Christian Hosoi (born 1967), skateboarder
* Christian Inyam (born 1991), Nigerian football player
* Christian Izien (born 2000), American football player
* Christian Jessen (born 1977), English doctor and television presenter
* Christian Jimenez (born 1986), American soccer player
* Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player
* Christian Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
* Christian Joseph (born 2016), American social media personality known onlin as "the Rizzler"
* Christian Julius de Meza (1792–1865), Danish army commander
* Christian Kälin (born 1971), Swiss lawyer and businessman
* Christian Kern (born 1966), Austrian businessman and politician
* Christian Keysers, French and German neuroscientist
* Christian Kirk (born 1996), American football player
* Christian Klien (born 1983), Austrian racing driver
* Christian Koloko (born 2000), Cameroonian basketball player
* Christian Kum (born 1985), Dutch footballer
* Christian Lacroix (born 1951), French fashion designer
* Christian Laettner (born 1969), American basketball player
* Christian Latouche (born 1939/1940), French billionaire businessman
* Christian Li (born 2007), Australian violinist
* Christian Lindner (born 1979), German politician
* Christian Lindner (born 1959), German journalist
* Christian Longo (born 1974), American convicted murderer
* Christian Louboutin (born 1964), French footwear designer
* Christian Lundgaard (born 2001), racing driver
* Christian Mahogany (born 2000), American football player
* Christian Maldini (born 1996), Italian footballer
* Christian Mansell (born 2005), racing driver
* Christian Matthew (born 1996), American football player
* Christian McCaffrey (born 1996), American football player
* Christian Miller (American football) (born 1996), American football player
* Christian Muck, Austrian chess player
* Christian Navarro (born 1991), American actor
* Christian Charles Nielsen (born 1975), American spree killer
* Christian Okoye (born 1961), American football player
* Christian Oliver (1972–2024), German actor
* Christian Pampel (born 1979), German volleyball player
* Christian Panucci (born 1973), Italian footballer
* Christian Penigaud (born 1964), French beach volleyball player
* Christian Ponder (born 1988), American football player
* Christian Potenza (born 1972), Canadian actor
* Christian Pulisic (born 1998), American soccer player
* Christian Quéré (1955–2006), French football player
* Christian Redl (born 1948), German actor and musician
* Christian Reiher (born 1984), German mathematician
* Christian Reinthaler (born 1974), German ski jumper
* Christian Riganò (born 1974), Italian footballer
* Christian Roland-Wallace (born 2001), American football player
* Christian Rosenkreuz, legendary, possibly allegorical, founder of the Rosicrucian Order
* Christian Rosenmeier (1874–1932), American politician
* Christian Rozeboom (born 1997), American football player
* Christian Rub (1886–1956), Austrian-born American character actor
* Christian Sam (born 1996), American football player
* Christian Scotland-Williamson (born 1993), American football player
* Christian Scott (baseball) (born 1999), American baseball player
* Christian Siriano (born 1985), American fashion designer
* Christian Sitepu (born 1986), Indonesian basketball player
* Christian Slater (born 1969), American actor
* Christian Tămaș (born 1964), Romanian writer and translator
* Christian Taylor (born 1990), American athlete
* Christian Terlizzi (born 1979), Italian footballer
* Christian Tessier (born 1978), Canadian actor
* Christian Uphoff (born 1998), American football player
* Christian Vasquez (born 1977), Filipino actor
* Christian Vieri (born 1973), Italian footballer
* Christian Villanueva (born 1991), Mexican professional baseball player
* Christian Vital (born 1997), American professional basketball player
* Christian von Koenigsegg (born 1972), Founder and CEO of Koenigsegg Automotive
* Christian Wade (born 1991), British American football and rugby player
* Christian Walker (born 1991), American baseball player
* Christian Watson (born 1999), American football player
* Christian Wilkins (born 1995), American football player
* Christian Wirth (1885–1944), German Nazi SS concentration camp commander
* Christian Wolff (philosopher) (1679–1754), German philosopher
* Christian Wulff (born 1959), German politician
* Christian Yelich (born 1991), American baseball player
* Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish author

## Females with the given name Christian

* Christian Beranek (born 1974), United States writer, actress, musician and film/TV producer
* Christian Maclagan (1811–1901), Scottish antiquarian
* Christian Pitre (born 1983), American actress
* Christian Ramsay (1786–1839), British botanist
* Christian Serratos (born 1990), American actress