Christian (given name)

Christian [ kris-chuhn ] 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)
Khristo, Khristiian, Kristiian or Kristian (Bulgarian)
Kristian, Kristi, Kristo (Albanian)
Kristian (Czech, Slovak)
Kristjan (Estonian, Faroese, Slovene)
Kristian (Estonian, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian or Swedish)
Chretien (French)
Criosdaidh (Gaelic)
Christian (Danish, German, French)
Krisztian (Hungarian)
Kristjan (Icelandic)
Cristiano (Italian and Portuguese)
Kristians (Latvian)
Kristijonas (Lithuanian)
Kristijan or Khristijan (Macedonian)
Creestee (Manx)
Krystian (Polish)
Cristian (Galician)
Cristian or Cristian (Italian, Spanish, Romanian;Romance languages)
Kristijan (Croatian)
Khristiian abo Kristian (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 Bolanos
Christian Church
Christian Correa Dionisio
Christian de Quincey
Christian de Duve
Christian Dior
Christian Eriksen
Christian Finnegan
Christian Fremont
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 Rigano
Christian Schwegler
Christian Serratos
Christian Slater
Christian Soucy
Christian Trasch
Christian VII of Denmark
Christian Venge Balboa
Christian Vieri
Christian Wilhelmsson
Christian Wulff
Christian Worns
Christian Ziege
Christian Mata
Cristian
Cristian Brocchi
Cristian Chivu
Cristian Hidalgo
Cristian Rodriguez
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).