Entry № 5594 · Scandinavian origin

Kristen Kristen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KRIS-ten /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Scandinavian
Meaning
"Follower of Christ (Kristen Stewart + Kristen Wiig + Kristen Bell)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Danish)

A name that means "follower of christ (kristen stewart + kristen wiig + kristen bell)".

Kristen is the Scandinavian-American form of Christine — from the Greek christianos (follower of Christ).

Follower of Christ.

The name in its native script.

Kristen
Transliteration
Kristen
Pronunciation
/ ˈkrɪs.tən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kristen stands.

Kristen does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kristens before her.

Real people
Kristen Stewart
American Oscar-nominated actress.
born 1990
Kristen Wiig
American Oscar-nominated comedian.
born 1973
Kristen Bell
American actress (voice of Anna).
born 1980
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
American Oscar songwriter.
born 1972
In fiction
Bella Swan
Twilight.
2008

Names connected to Kristen.

The number behind Kristen.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kristen reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.