Kirsten

Scandinavian variation of Christine
"a Christian"

Kirsten Origin and Meaning

The name Kirsten is a girl's name of Scandinavian, Norwegian origin.

Lovely, authentic name -- but any Kirsten will be condemned to a lifetime of hearing "Did you say Kristen?" They're both genuine Scandinavian names but too interchangeable.

# 988 in the US

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Famous People Named Kirsten

  • Kirsten Caroline Dunst
    American actress
  • Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik Gillibrand
    U.S. Senator from New York
  • Kirsten Renee Storms
    American actress
  • Kirsten Haglund
    Miss America 2008
  • Kirsten Simone Vangsness
    American actress
  • Kirsten Nelson
    American actress
  • Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens
    Belgian tennis player
  • Kirsten Wild
    Dutch cyclist
  • Kirsten Blythe Painter
    an American poet and author
  • Kirsten Målfrid Flagstad
    Norwegian operatic soprano
  • Kirsten Moore
    Towers, Canadian Olympic pair skater
  • Kirsten Wall
    Canadian curler

Kirsten in Pop Culture

  • Kirsten Cohen
    character on TV's "The O.C."
  • Kirsten Larson
    character in the 'American Girl' series
  • Kirsten Greene
    character in "Just Listen" by Sarah Dessen
  • Kirsten Bennett
    character on TV's "Party of Five"
  • Kirsten Johannsen
    character in "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry
  • Kirsten Raymonde
    character in novel " Station Eleven"

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