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Meaning and origin
Kirsten is a Scandinavian girl name. The meaning of the name is `Anointed, Follower of Christ`.


Where is it used?
The name Kirsten is mainly used in Scandinavian.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Christian (In English and in French)
Christina (In English)
Kiersten (In Danish and in English)


If it's too long people might use
In English: Tina


See also
In Swedish, Czech, Russian and in German: Kristina
In Swedish: Kjerstin
In Scottish: Kirstin
In Scandinavian and in German: Kristin
In Scandinavian: Stina
In Polish: Krystyna
In Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and in Romanian: Cristina
In Italian: Cristiana
In Hungarian: Krisztina
In German, Scandinavian and in English: Christa
In German: Kristen
In German: Kerstin
In French and in English: Christine
In Finnish: Kirsi
In Finnish: Kristiina
In English (Modern): Krystina
In English: Kristia
In English: Kristy
In Bulgarian: Hristina


What Kirsten`s say about their name

1. The best thing about the name Kirsten:
   It's unique and different from common names like Ann, Jessica, etc.
   The worst thing about the name:
   It gets mispronounced and misspelled very often which gets old and annoying.
   If my name wasn`t Kirsten....:
   I would want to be named Kristen or some variation of Kirsten..haha
   Extra information:
   It's been a good name!
2. The best thing about the name Kirsten:
   Not that many people have it as a name, i now 3 other ppl with it
   The worst thing about the name:
   People trying to shorten it to kirsty, or calling me kirsteen, or christeen, or kristen
   If my name wasn`t Kirsten....:
   I wouldnt care, obviously i wouldnt know about the change so yeah
   Extra information:
   nope
3. The best thing about the name Kirsten:
   I was the only one with it.
   The worst thing about the name:
   people mispronouncing it
   If my name wasn`t Kirsten....:
   Lots of things
   Extra information:
   It's been a lovely name for me
4. The best thing about the name Kirsten:
   It's just a beautiful name.
   The worst thing about the name:
   Noone ever spells it correctly.
   If my name wasn`t Kirsten....:
   I wouldn't have loved my name as much as I do if I was named somthing very commen like Sarah, Jennifer, etc.
   Extra information:
   

More `Kirsten` links
Kirsten as abbreviation
Actors named Kirsten
Kirsten in the encyclopedia