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Meaning of the nameCristian

Cristian is a male name taken directly from English Christian, which comes from Latin Christianus, 'Christian'.

Meaning

“from English Christian, from Latin Christianus, 'a Christian'”

Source: Wiktionary: Cristian · Behind the Name: Christian

People (2022)
88,637
Rank in Brazil
#350
Median age
21 years
2010 Census
80,154
people

Cristian in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cristian, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (24,256 people).

1,935 women 86,702 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cristian is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cristian in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.121%
  2. Amapá 0.088%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.085%
  4. Roraima 0.076%
  5. Amazonas 0.070%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo16,9950.038%
Rio Grande do Sul13,1430.121%
Minas Gerais8,2320.040%
Rio de Janeiro6,8180.043%
Santa Catarina6,4780.085%
Paraná6,2040.054%
Bahia3,9320.028%
Pará3,7430.046%
Maranhão3,0240.045%
Amazonas2,7590.070%
Goiás1,9620.028%
Ceará1,8560.021%
Pernambuco1,8220.020%
Mato Grosso1,7380.048%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,4620.053%
Espírito Santo1,3950.036%
Sergipe9220.042%
Distrito Federal8930.032%
Alagoas8720.028%
Piauí6910.021%
Paraíba6890.017%
Amapá6420.088%
Rio Grande do Norte6010.018%
Rondônia5910.037%
Roraima4840.076%
Acre3680.044%
Tocantins3210.021%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Cristian

Wiktionary records Cristian as an unadapted borrowing of English Christian and links it, as a form of the same origin, to Cristiano and cristão. Behind the Name explains Christian through the medieval Latin name Christianus, 'a Christian', and gives Cristian as a variant used in Portuguese, alongside Cristiano. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 88,637 people named Cristian, peaking among those born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group, without an H.

Other spellings of Cristian

SpellingPeople (2022)
Cristian88,637
Cristhian5,648

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Cristian · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Christian · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Cristian · behindthename.com · spelling

Questions about the name Cristian

What does the name Cristian mean?

Cristian means “from English Christian, from Latin Christianus, 'a Christian'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cristian in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 88,637 people with the first name Cristian, which ranks it number 350 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Cristian is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,935 women and 86,702 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cristian?

Cristian is a name of English and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cristian most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.121% of the state's population is named Cristian (13,143 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cristian?

Cristhian. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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