Cristian

Where Cristian comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cristian.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Cristian through the years
  1. 1960
    First appearance
    #3,665 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Cristian Chivu born
    Romanian association football player
  3. 1995
    Peak, #127
    2,848 babies named Cristian, its best rank.
  4. 1998
    Cristian Romero born
    Argentine association football player
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #273.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Christian.
Namesakes
  • Cristian Chivu · Romanian association football player, born 1980
  • Cristian Romero · Argentine association football player, born 1998
  • Cristian Mungiu · Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, born 1968
  • Cristian Rodríguez · Uruguayan footballer, born 1985
  • Cristian Zaccardo · Italian footballer, born 1981

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.