Cristian

Where Cristian comes from

The dictionaries list Cristian as a given name — a male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Christian — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1960
    First appearance
    #3,665 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Cristian Chivu born
    Romanian association football player
  3. 1995
    Peak, #127
    2,848 babies named Cristian — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1998
    Cristian Romero born
    Argentine association football player
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #273.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Christian.
Namesakes
  • Cristian Chivu · Romanian association football player, born 1980
  • Cristian Romero · Argentine association football player, born 1998
  • Cristian Mungiu · Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, born 1968
  • Cristian Rodríguez · Uruguayan footballer, born 1985
  • Cristian Zaccardo · Italian footballer, born 1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.