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)

## 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
*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*

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