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 [ 2 syll. (c)hris-ten, ch-rist-en ] The girl name Christen is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced KRIHSahN KEY. Christen is of Latin origin and it is used mainly in English. Christen is a form of the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine. Christen is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1982, 0.032% of baby girls were named Christen. It had a ranking of #405 then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very modest scale now. Within the family of girl names directly related to Christen, the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine was the most widely used in 2008. Christen has in the last century been mainly given to girls. Baby names that sound like Christen include the English Christene, the Scandinavian Kristen, the English Kristene, the English Krystene, the English, Irish, and Scottish Carson, the English Christian, the Irish Kerigan, the English Khristian, the English Krishna, the English Krishnah, the English Kristian, the Irish Carrigan, the English Christena, the Spanish Corazon, the Irish Cristiona, the Irish Kerrigan, the English Krisina, the English Krissina, the English Kristena, and the German Kristiane. KEY: Pronunciation for Christen: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
