Kristen

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Danish form of }Christian

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkɹɪstən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kristen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 59th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 63as Kristina(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 100as Krystyna
  • RURussia≈1 in 204as Кристина

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kristen itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈690,000 named Кристина, est.

#24 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
644 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 63 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden, as Kristina

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ChristineLatin(measured from records)
КристинаCyrillic(measured from records)
ΧριστιναGreek(measured from records)
קריסטינהHebrew(measured from records)
ՔրիստինաArmenian(measured from records)
คริสติน่าThai(measured from records)
ქრისტინეGeorgian(measured from records)
크리스티나Hangul(measured from records)

9 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cristina in ES Spain, PT Portugal, Krystyna in PL Poland, FR France, Christine in US United States and Кристина in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Danish form of }Christian. Kristene ° Fanciful respelling of }Christine. Kristie ° Variant of the girl’s name Christie, under the influence of the Scottish form bKirstie.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Kristen, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kristen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kristen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#59≈690,000 est.≈1 in 204#42Кристина213
US United States#14482,596as Christine1 in 689482KChristine644
PL Poland#15383,140as Krystyna1 in 100383KKrystyna165
ES Spain#17226,072as Cristina1 in 221227KCristina278
FR France—≈220,000 est.≈1 in 315281KKrystyna119
SE Sweden#4161,876as Kristina1 in 63162KKristina144
HU Hungary—75,774as Krisztina1 in 12976Kכריסטינה3
PT Portugal#31≈50,000 est.≈1 in 208listedCristina186

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kristen is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Kristěn, Kristën, Kristén

  • Polish given name24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Czechia, Poland, Russia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Christen, Кристен, Krysten, Крістен, Крыстэн

  • a separate given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway

    Also written KrïSten

  • Estonian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Estonia, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Kristén, Krïstên

67 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kristen is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, Scandinavian: 'a follower of Christ'

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • In Swedish, Christian (of or relating to Christianity)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Estonian, a male given name, variant of Kristjan

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Breton, chrétien

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Sally Ride, b. 1951Kris Jenner, b. 1955Kristen Johnston, b. 1967Kristen Anderson-Lopez, b. 1972Kristen Wiig, b. 1973Kristen Michal, b. 1975January Jones, b. 1978Kristen Bell, b. 1980Kristen Stewart, b. 1990Kylie Jenner, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Kristen,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 76 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Kristen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020198K#278
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.3K#278
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—111#7,964
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202596—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—56#25,277
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—41#14,733
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—31#3,151
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202631#3,152
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202031—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202510—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20266#15,347
PT PortugalIRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Kristen come from?
Danish form of }Christian. Kristene ° Fanciful respelling of }Christine. Kristie ° Variant of the girl’s name Christie, under the influence of the Scottish form bKirstie. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What are other forms of the name Kristen?
In the etymology graph, Christian, Kristian and Carsten are forms of the same name in other languages; Christer is a recorded short or pet form.
How do you pronounce Kristen?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹɪstən/ (IPA) for English.
Is Kristen a male or female name?
Kristen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Kristen mean?
Recorded meaning: Danish form of }Christian.
In which country does Kristen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 695 thousand people named Кристина in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kristen most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Kristen itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Sweden's: the national register counts about 1 in 63 people named Kristina.
How common is the name Kristen?
In the United States, the national register counted 482,596 people named Christine in 2020, about 1 in 689 residents.
How common is Kristen compared with other names?
In Russia, Kristen is the 59th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kristen” — the 59th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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