Cristian

“Variant of Christian — Follower of Christ” — Ancient Greek, via Latin and French origin

Boy's name · #362 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Cristian reached its best rank, #127, in 1995 and ranked #362 in 2025. Roughly 70,000 boys have been named Cristian since 1960. Together with its spelling variant Christian (#96), Cristian would rank around #73 with about 4,500 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Christian and Cristian.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,000 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 6,000 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 6,900 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Cristians

Cristian Chivu — Romanian association football player
Cristian Rodríguez — Uruguayan footballer
Cristian Mungiu — Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer (born 1968)
Cristián Zapata — Colombian association football player
Cristian Pavón — Argentine association football player

In stories & tradition

Cristian Vega — One Life to Live

What Cristians become

Among 1,324 notable people named Cristian:

Sports figures appear 2.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cristian Chivu, Romanian association football player.

Similar names: Christian · Alexis · Cristopher · Hector · Fabian · Tristan

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