Christen

Where Christen comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Christen.

Christen through the years
  1. 1810
    Christen Købke born
    Danish artist
  2. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1982
    Peak, #405
    569 babies named Christen, the most in any year.
  4. 1988
    Christen Press born
    American soccer player
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #794.
  6. 2024
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Christen Press · American soccer player, born 1988
  • Christen Købke · Danish artist, 1810–1848
  • Christen C. Raunkiær · Danish scientist, 1860–1938
  • Christen Andreas Fonnesbech · Danish politician, 1817–1880
  • Christen Dalsgaard · Danish painter, 1824–1907

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.