Christian is a given name. Both men and women can be named "Christian". The name comes from the Latin word Christianus, meaning "follower of Christ". It has been commonly used as a name since the Middle Ages - especially amongst females.

The name is popular in Europe, United States and other English-speaking countries. In Europe — though not the United States — it is almost exclusively used as a male name. However, in the 17th and 18th centuries it was a popular female first name in Scotland.

Female variants of the name include Christine, Christina, Christiane, Kristen, Kristin, and Kirsten.  Holders of the name Christian may go by the nicknames or shortened forms Chris, Chrissy, Crix or Xian.

In other languages
 Christiaan (Afrikaans, Dutch)
 Karsten (German, Dutch)
 Христо, Християн, Кристиян or Кристиан (Bulgarian)
 Kristian, Kristi, Kristo (Albanian)
 Kristián (Czech, Slovak)
 Kristjan (Estonian, Faroese, Slovene)
 Kristian (Estonian, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish)
 Chrétien (French)
 Críosdaidh (Gaelic)
 Christian (Danish, German, French)
 Krisztián (Hungarian)
 Kristján (Icelandic)
 Cristiano (Italian and Portuguese)
 Kristiāns (Latvian)
 Kristijonas (Lithuanian)
 Кристијан or Христијан (Macedonian)
 Creestee (Manx)
 Krystian (Polish)
 Cristian (Galician)
 Cristian or Cristián (Italian, Spanish, Romanian;Romance languages)
 Kristijan (Croatian)
 Християн або Крістіан (Ukrainian)

People with the given name

Christian
Christian IV of Denmark
Christian VII of Denmark
 Christian (wrestler), long-time professional wrestling villain turned hero, the alter-ego of professional wrestler and actor Jay Reso
Christian Abbiati
Christian Bale
Christian Bolaños
Christian Church
Christian Corrêa Dionisio
Christian de Quincey
Christian de Duve
Christian Dior
Christian Eriksen
Christian Finnegan
Christian Frémont
Christian Gauseth
Christian Gentner
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottlob Neefe
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
Christian Heinrich Nebbien
Christian IV of Denmark
Christian Karembeu
Christian Klien
Christian Laflamme
Christian Lorenz
Christian Lous Lange
Christian Manfredini
Christian Mortensen
Christian Obodo
Christian Pander
Christian Panucci
Christian Poulsen
Christian Riganò
Christian Schwegler
Christian Serratos
Christian Slater
Christian Soucy
Christian Träsch
Christian VII of Denmark
Christian Venge Balboa
Christian Vieri
Christian Wilhelmsson
Christian Wulff
Christian Wörns
Christian Ziege

Cristian
Cristian Brocchi
Cristian Chivu
Cristian Hidalgo
Cristian Rodríguez
Cristian Zaccardo

Cristiano
Cristiano Doni
Cristiano Lucarelli
Cristiano Marques Gomes
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Zanetti
Cristiano da Silva

Fictional characters
 the main character in John Bunyan's allegorical novel The Pilgrim's Progress
 the main character in director Baz Luhrmann's jukebox musical movie Moulin Rouge! interpreted by Scottish actor Ewan McGregor
 Christian Shephard, a character on the ABC series Lost, portrayed by American actor John Terry.
 character in the 21st Century Breakdown album by Green Day.
 Christian Troy, a character on the FX original series Nip/Tuck.
 Christian, a character in Diana Wynne Jones' fantasy novel Black Maria (US title: Aunt Maria).
 Christian Grey, main character from E.L. James novel 50 Shades of Grey

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Given names