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Christiaan

“Christian”

Language contexts for this entry: Spanish, Dutch, Afrikaans and 2 more

masculineLatin script

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Dutch

Origin: Ancient Greek
5 language contexts: Spanish Dutch Afrikaans +2 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Christiaan

Christiaan is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Dutch, Afrikaans and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός via Latin. Dutch Wikipedia gives the meaning “Christian”.

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “Christian”

Ultimately from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós).

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Latin
Ancient Greek

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (nl): ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Christiaan is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Christiaan’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 7 boys (rank 9714).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Christiaan

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 7; applications; Rank #9,714
Peak year: 1968; 43 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Christiaan in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	7	3,282	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	8	2,985	observed
1968	43	1,147	observed
1969	24	1,680	observed
1970	43	1,260	observed
1971	30	1,597	observed
1972	22	1,928	observed
1973	20	2,036	observed
1974	13	2,799	observed
1975	23	2,001	observed
1976	24	1,999	observed
1977	21	2,202	observed
1978	20	2,279	observed
1979	17	2,669	observed
1980	13	3,256	observed
1981	19	2,496	observed
1982	14	3,108	observed
1983	8	4,499	observed
1984	11	3,701	observed
1985	24	2,226	observed
1986	20	2,601	observed
1987	11	3,959	observed
1988	15	3,350	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	14	3,971	observed
1991	27	2,544	observed
1992	22	2,999	observed
1993	19	3,368	observed
1994	17	3,751	observed
1995	19	3,432	observed
1996	19	3,549	observed
1997	24	3,064	observed
1998	17	4,019	observed
1999	15	4,537	observed
2000	15	4,785	observed
2001	17	4,476	observed
2002	13	5,395	observed
2003	18	4,426	observed
2004	7	8,927	observed
2005	22	4,062	observed
2006	9	7,998	observed
2007	19	4,808	observed
2008	17	5,249	observed
2009	11	7,236	observed
2010	10	7,591	observed
2011	7	9,600	observed
2012	9	8,158	observed
2013	12	6,603	observed
2014	7	9,642	observed
2015	8	8,744	observed
2016	8	8,816	observed
2017	7	9,696	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	6	10,803	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	7	9,763	observed
2024	7	9,894	observed
2025	7	9,714	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Christiaan” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Christiaan Huygens
1629–1695
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Christiaan Eijkman
1858–1930
Dutch physician (1858–1930)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Christiaan Barnard
1922–2001
South African cardiac surgeon
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jan Christiaan Smuts
1870–1950
South African statesman and military leader (1870–1950)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
1761–1836
German mycologist (1761-1836)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Christiaan with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q18001587CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (nl): ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Christiaan.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates9

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Christiaan

Ancient Greek origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “Christian”

Ultimately from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós).

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Latin
Ancient Greek

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (nl): ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Christiaan is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Christiaan’s connections around the world.

7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2025: 7 boys (rank 9714).

Explore United States

4 of 12 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Christiaan

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 7; applications; Rank #9,714
Peak year: 1968; 43 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Christiaan in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	7	3,282	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	8	2,985	observed
1968	43	1,147	observed
1969	24	1,680	observed
1970	43	1,260	observed
1971	30	1,597	observed
1972	22	1,928	observed
1973	20	2,036	observed
1974	13	2,799	observed
1975	23	2,001	observed
1976	24	1,999	observed
1977	21	2,202	observed
1978	20	2,279	observed
1979	17	2,669	observed
1980	13	3,256	observed
1981	19	2,496	observed
1982	14	3,108	observed
1983	8	4,499	observed
1984	11	3,701	observed
1985	24	2,226	observed
1986	20	2,601	observed
1987	11	3,959	observed
1988	15	3,350	observed
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	14	3,971	observed
1991	27	2,544	observed
1992	22	2,999	observed
1993	19	3,368	observed
1994	17	3,751	observed
1995	19	3,432	observed
1996	19	3,549	observed
1997	24	3,064	observed
1998	17	4,019	observed
1999	15	4,537	observed
2000	15	4,785	observed
2001	17	4,476	observed
2002	13	5,395	observed
2003	18	4,426	observed
2004	7	8,927	observed
2005	22	4,062	observed
2006	9	7,998	observed
2007	19	4,808	observed
2008	17	5,249	observed
2009	11	7,236	observed
2010	10	7,591	observed
2011	7	9,600	observed
2012	9	8,158	observed
2013	12	6,603	observed
2014	7	9,642	observed
2015	8	8,744	observed
2016	8	8,816	observed
2017	7	9,696	observed
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	6	10,803	observed
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	7	9,763	observed
2024	7	9,894	observed
2025	7	9,714	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Christiaan Huygens
1629–1695
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Christiaan Eijkman
1858–1930
Dutch physician (1858–1930)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Christiaan Barnard
1922–2001
South African cardiac surgeon
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Jan Christiaan Smuts
1870–1950
South African statesman and military leader (1870–1950)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
1761–1836
German mycologist (1761-1836)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q18001587CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Dutch Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (nl): ChristiaanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Christiaan.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates9

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Christiaan

Ancient Greek origin

Where Christiaan is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Eijkman

Christiaan Barnard

Jan Christiaan Smuts

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Christiaan

Ancient Greek origin

Where Christiaan is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Eijkman

Christiaan Barnard

Jan Christiaan Smuts

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page