Cristian: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KRISH-chuhn · 2 syllables

Unadapted borrowing from English Christian. Doublet of Cristiano, cristao, and cretino.

How popular is Cristian?

Cristian was the #362 name in the US in 2025, given to 906 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Cristian in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Cristian are older than 26; most are between 18 and 37. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Cristian have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Cristian is pronounced KRISH-chuhn.

Cristian was the #362 name in the US in 2025, given to 906 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Cristian are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 37.