Christian (given name)

***Christian*** [ **kris**-ch_uh_n ] 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)

### 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
- Christian Mata

### Cristian

- Cristian Brocchi
- Cristian Chivu
- Cristian Hidalgo
- Cristian Rodríguez
- Cristian Zaccardo

### Cristiano

- Cristiano Doni
- Cristiano Lucarelli
- Cristiano Marques Gomes
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
- 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_

## Infobox (given name)

- **name**: Christian
- **gender**: Both
- **languageorigin**: Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek and Latin language, Latin, Hebrew language, Hebrew
- **origin**: Christianus
- **meaning**: "follower of Christ"
- **alternative spelling**: Cristian, Cristiano
- **nickname**: Chris, Chrissy, Xian, Kit, Kito
- **related names**: Christine, Christina, Christiane, Kristen, Kristin, Kirsten