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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

KristianIn Hebrew: כריסטיאן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Kristian (Hebrew: כריסטיאן) is a boy's name of international origin. 321 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 9 boys and ranked #698. Its peak year was 2010, with 16 babies.

People in Israel
321
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
9
rank #698
Peak year
2010
16 babies
USA, 2025
184
rank #1,145

Writing and saying Kristian

In Hebrew letters the name is כריסטיאן, read right to left. Kristian is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Kristian by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Kristian: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Kristian in English-speaking countries

Kristian in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025184#1,1451997 (614)
United Kingdom202537#9161997 (210)
England and Wales202537#8561996 (202)
Alberta20253#1,2051996 (15)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Kristian has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Kristian

How do you write Kristian in Hebrew?

Kristian is written כריסטיאן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Kristian?

321 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name כריסטיאן: 12 women and 309 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Kristian a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 96.3% of the people named כריסטיאן are men.

Is Kristian used outside Israel?

The name Kristian appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 184 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,145), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 37 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.