Kristan

Where Kristan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kristan.

Kristan through the years
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #2,060 among girls with 17 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Kristan Higgins born
    American author of contemporary romance
  3. 1972
    Kristan Bromley born
    British skeleton racer
  4. 1985
    Peak, #712
    242 babies named Kristan, the most in any year.
  5. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,070.
  6. 2018
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kristan Bromley · British skeleton racer, born 1972
  • Kristan Higgins · American author of contemporary romance, born 1965

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.