Cristian
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of rare usage, variant of Kristian.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Cristian (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Cristian has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 662 |
| 2000 | 670 |
| 2001 | 685 |
| 2002 | 692 |
| 2003 | 705 |
| 2004 | 725 |
| 2005 | 731 |
| 2006 | 738 |
| 2007 | 782 |
| 2008 | 810 |
| 2009 | 832 |
| 2010 | 858 |
| 2011 | 887 |
| 2012 | 905 |
| 2013 | 934 |
| 2014 | 964 |
| 2015 | 988 |
| 2016 | 1,028 |
| 2017 | 1,068 |
| 2018 | 1,096 |
| 2019 | 1,115 |
| 2020 | 1,124 |
Cristian in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Cristian.Hi! My name is Cristian.
- Cristian har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Cristian has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Cristians mamma är lärare.Cristian's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Cristians mamma is Cristian's mum.
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Questions about Cristian
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What does the name Cristian mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of rare usage, variant of Kristian.
How popular is Cristian in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Cristian in 2022. In 2020, 1,124 people in Sweden had Cristian as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.