Meaning of name Kirsten

The name Kirsten has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Kirsten is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 288 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Kirsten fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 80 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 649 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Kirsten in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Kirsten is very likely a(n) Danish variant of the name Kristina. See other suggested Danish girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Kristina.

The following names are baby names related to Kirsten and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Kirsten: Boys - Danely, Denby, Denholm, Einar, Elvis, Erik, Garth, Gunnar, Gustav, Kason, Lambert, Girls - Dagny, Dahlia, Erika, Ingrid, Karina, Nessa, Nissa, Rona, Signe, Tyra, Both genders - Dyre, Eric, Harold

The name Kirsten is a variant of Kristina. Other popular variants of the name Kristina are: Christiana, Christina (Greek), Christine (French), Cristin (Irish), Cristina (Italian), Cristiona (Irish), Khristina (Russian), Kia (Swedish), Kirsten (Danish), Kirstin (Scottish), Krista (German), Kristeena, Krisztina (Hungarian), Tina (Nickname)

We think the name Kirsten should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Kirsten to be: A beautiful petite woman with wealth, brains and sophistication

In one word, you might describe Kirsten as a(n) "sophisticated" person.

See other "sophisticated" names for girls.