Kerstin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., niederdeutsche und schwedische Form von
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɛʁstɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kerstin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 77th most common given name.
- SESweden1 in 135(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 417
- ATAustria≈1 in 752
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- 1 in 135 (inferred from the name graph)
≈190,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
weibl. Vom., niederdeutsche und schwedische Form von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
How Kerstin is read(measured from records)
Kerstin is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German80%
weibl. Vom., niederdeutsche und schwedische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- English7.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Kerstin in English.
- Swedish6.8%
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Kerstin, 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)
Kerstin 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #77 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 417 | 1 | Kerstin | 247 |
| SE Sweden | #56 | 75,546 | 1 in 135 | 76K | Kerstin | 123 |
| AT Austria | #129 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 752 | 8.4K | Kerstin | 127 |
| BJ Benin | #165 | ≈5,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Kerstin | 5 |
| US United States | — | 3,698 | 1 in 90K | 3.7K | Kerstin | 255 |
| FI Finland | — | 1,541 | 1 in 3.6K | 2.7K | Kerstin | 14 |
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: the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kerstin is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Forme germanique/scandinave de Christine, du latin Christianus.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Swedish: variant of KRISTINA .
as a word
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)
- Kerstin Thorvallb. 1925SESwedish writer & artist (1925–2010)
- Kerstin Meyerb. 1928SESwedish singer (1928-2020)
- Anita Ekbergb. 1931SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress (1931–2015)
- Kristina Bachb. 1962DEnot in their usual nameGerman singer
- Kerstin Försterb. 1965DEEast German rower
- Kerstin Emhoffb. 1967USAmerican film producer (born 1967)
- Kerstin Stegemannb. 1977DEGerman association football player
- Kerstin Garefrekesb. 1979DEGerman association football player
- Kerstin Thieleb. 1986DEGerman judoka
- Kerstin Frankb. 1988ATAustrian figure skater
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)
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 61 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 76K | #41 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 48K | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2023 | 8.4K | #1,300 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.7K | #4,856 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2.7K | #458 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 32 | #4,856 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 5 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2023 | 2 | #1,589 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene | 2025 | 1 | #2 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene | 2020 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Is Kerstin a male or female name?
- Kerstin 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 Kerstin mean?
- Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., niederdeutsche und schwedische Form von
- What are other forms of the name Kerstin?
- In the etymology graph, Christine, Chris and Cristina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Kerstin?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɛʁstɪn/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Kerstin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 192 thousand people named Kerstin in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kerstin.
- Where is Kerstin most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kerstin is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 135 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Kerstin?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 75,546 people named Kerstin, about 1 in 135 residents.
- How common is Kerstin compared with other names?
- In Germany, Kerstin is the 77th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kerstin?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kerstinThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Kerstin” — the 77th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.