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 [ syll. kris-tian, kr-isti-an ] The girl name Kristian is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being more popular. It is pronounced KRIHSCH-ahN KEY. Kristian's origin is Latin, and its use, English. Kristian is an English form of the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine. Kristian is also a spelling variant of the English Christian. Kristian is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1990, 0.017% of baby girls were named Kristian. It was #628 in rank then. The baby name has substantially slipped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Kristian, the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christine was the most popular. Though there were times from 1984 to 1990 when more girls than boys were given the name Kristian, the name is today more frequently used for boys. In 1997, 3 times more boys than girls were given the name Kristian. Baby names that sound like Kristian include the English Khristian, the English Christian, the Irish Kerigan, the English Krishna, the English Krishnah, the Scandinavian Kristen, the English Kristene, the English Krystene, the English, Irish, and Scottish Carson, the English Christen, the English Christene, the Irish Kerrigan, the English Krisina, the English Krissina, the English Kristena, the German Kristiane, the Irish Carrigan, the English Christena, the Spanish Corazon, and the Irish Cristiona. KEY: approx pronunciation for Kristian: 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)"   |
