Christian derived from the medieval Latin name Christianus meaning ‘a Christian’. This originated in the Greek verb ‘chrio’ meaning ‘to anoint’.
Christian is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The first name Christian is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #45 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Christian, accounting for approximately 0.40 % of all newborn boys. In total, there are currently 452,549 people – children, adults and seniors – named Christian living in the United States, which is approximately 0.14 % of the entire population.
Christian derived from the medieval Latin name Christianus meaning ‘a Christian’. This originated in the Greek verb ‘chrio’ meaning ‘to anoint’.
Anointing is the ... ritual act of pouring aromatic oil over a person's head or entire body. It is regarded as a means of health, as a token of honor, or as a symbol of consecration.
Christian Bale (*1974)
British actor Christian Bale is best known for his versatility and ability to fully immerse himself in his roles, which has earned him a reputation as one of the most talented actors of his generation. He began his career as a child actor and has appeared in numerous films and plays. One of his first roles was in the film 'Empire of the Sun' (1987), followed by films such as 'American Psycho' (2000), 'Batman Begins' (2005) and 'Vice' (2018). He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2011 for 'The Fighter' (2010).
Christian Slater (*1969)
American Christian Slater was at the height of his acting career in the 1980s and 1990s with films such as 'Heathers' (1988), 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieve's (1991) and 'Interview with the Vampire' (1994). He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2016 for his role in the series 'Mr. Robot' (2015 - 2019). As well as his acting career, he is also well known for his private life, having had problems with drugs and the law.
Christiaan Barnard (1922 -2001)
Christiaan Barnard is a South African heart surgeon who, with his team, performed the first successful heart transplant. Dr Barnard ushered in a new era of heart surgery in 1967 when he transplanted the heart of a terminally ill patient into the body of a patient at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The patient Louis Washkansky survived the operation for 18 days. He went on to perform many more successful heart transplants, revolutionizing medicine. He has since become a legend in South Africa.
Christian Grey
Christian Grey is a fictional character in the 'Shades of Grey' trilogy of novels (2011-2012) by E.L. James. The novels, and the films based on them, tell the story of Anastasia Steele, a young literature student who begins a relationship with the wealthy and powerful entrepreneur Christian Grey. Grey is known for his dominance in sexual relationships and his penchant for BDSM. The novels became international bestsellers and had a major impact on the popularity of BDSM in popular culture.
Christian Audigier (1958 - 2015)
Christian Audigier was a French fashion designer and entrepreneur known for his work with streetwear and denim brands. He worked for several well-known fashion brands in the past before starting his own brand 'Ed Hardy', which he named after tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy. Audigier has also founded other successful brands such as Christian Audigier and SMET. Throughout his career, he has worked with many famous personalities such as Madonna, Michael Jackson and Beyonc
Christian Dior (1906 - 1957)
Christian Dior was a French fashion designer and entrepreneur who founded one of the leading companies in the fashion world in the 1940s. He is considered one of the most important fashion designers of the 20th century and had a major influence on the development of haute couture. Dior began his career as a fashion designer in Paris and founded his own company, Christian Dior Couture, in 1947. He had a great influence on other designers such as Yves Saint Laurent and Marc Bohan.
When you hear the name Christian, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Christian? Are you also called Christian? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
there are several administrative units called Christian County - in Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky.
U.S. Virgin Islands, is a small town on Saint Croix, one of the islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands that are part of the unincorporated foreign territory of the United States.
is the name of a main island and together with Frederiks, Gr注olm and smaller rocks it forms an archipelago group of islands in the Baltic Sea.
If we dig really deep into our statistics, we find that there are very few boys' names that have been consistently popular for so long that they have been given to newborns in every single year since the beginning of our records in 1880. In fact, there are only 442 boys' names that appear in our statistics in every single year, and Christian is one of those very special classics. At the same time, Christian has never been more popular than it is in this century - in 2005 the name even made it to rank #20 of the most popular boys' names, easily landing in the top 100 of our SmartGenius first name statistics.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Christian was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
...because: In 2022, 4,488 boys were born and given the name Christian by their parents. That puts Christian at #73 on our list of most popular boys' names. It was much less popular in 1935 - only 71 parents chose this name for their newborn son and it ranked 643 on the popularity scale of all boys' names.
There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Christian is one of them. However, Christian is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 3,703 men called Christian who live here are 0,655% of all male residents and push their name up to #28 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Nevada. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 452,549 people with the name Christian. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Christian on position 71 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for boys’ names. This is because 5.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.
With nine letters, the name Christian is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
With 5.2% of all boys' names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters. And which boys’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Charles.
If your name is Christian and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Christian, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Christian sounds like this:
