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 [ 2 syll. (c)hris-tian, ch-risti-an ] The girl name Christian is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced KRIHSCHahN KEY. Christian's language of origin is Latin and it is predominantly used in English. The meaning of Christian is 'Christian, follower of Christ'. Biblical name derived from christianus which means 'christian' ; christos which means 'sanctified, anointed'. The generic name has been used in the New Testament of the Bible. See Christian for more info. Forms of the name include the German Karsten, the English Kristien, and the English Kristienne. Christian is a form of the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine in the English language. The short form Chris (English and German), and the spelling variants Christiaan (English), Khristian (English), and Kristian (English) are other forms of Christian. Christian is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1992 with 0.049% of baby girls being named Christian. It was #280 in rank then. The baby name has steeply slipped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Christian, the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine was the most regularly used. In the last century Christian has primarily been a boy name. In 2004, 44 times more boys than girls were given the name Christian. Baby names that sound like Christian include the English Khristian, the English Kristian, the English, Irish, and Scottish Carson, the English Christen, the English Christene, the Irish Kerigan, the English Krishna, the English Krishnah, the Scandinavian Kristen, the English Kristene, the English Krystene, 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 Christian: 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)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
