Name profile

Kristian

Scandinavian and Finnish form of Christian, as well as a Bulgarian variant form.

PronunciationSwedish /ˈkrɪs.tɪ.an/; Norwegian /ˈkɾɪs.tɪ.ɑn/; Danish /ˈkʁɛs.djan/; Finnish /ˈkris.ti.ɑn/
Usage languagesBulgarian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Slovak, Swedish
US rank (2025)#1,145

Meaning and history

Kristián is the Scandinavian and Finnish form of Christian and also a Bulgarian variant.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 578 births, rank #465
2007: 565 births, rank #475
2008: 546 births, rank #502
2009: 531 births, rank #508
2010: 468 births, rank #541
20112011: 462 births, rank #551
2012: 442 births, rank #580
2013: 400 births, rank #620
2014: 400 births, rank #655
2015: 375 births, rank #677
20162016: 359 births, rank #689
2017: 346 births, rank #707
2018: 326 births, rank #732
2019: 289 births, rank #794
2020: 279 births, rank #822
20212021: 252 births, rank #910
2022: 238 births, rank #953
2023: 214 births, rank #1,019
2024: 190 births, rank #1,122
20252025: 184 births, rank #1,145

Kristian moved from #912 to #955 for boys between 2021 and 2022. Its highest annual birth count came in 1997, with 614 births.