Christiaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KRIS-chan
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Christiaan is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Christiaan mean?
Greek: spelling of Christian; from Latin Christianus, from Greek christos
“follower of Christ”
Christian is the hero of John Bunyan's allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (1678).
Meaning borrowed from Christian. More on Wiktionary.
Is Christiaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Christiaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christiaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Christiaan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 boys.
2025 had more boys named Christiaan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Christiaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 123 boys in the UK were given Christiaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #385, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Christian 119
- Christiaan 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Christiaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Christiaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Christiaan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1968, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Christiaan in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,698 boys in the US were given Christiaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Christiaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,260 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
Nicknames for Christiaan
- Chris 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Christiaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jason, Lucas, Nathan, Ethan, Adam, Dylan, Caleb, Alex, Luke, Jacob, Cameron, Abdul
Other spellings of Christiaan
Names related to Christiaan
Cristian, Cristiano, Christiano, Christan, Cristhian, Christen, Christon
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Christiaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christiaan, updated 20 October 2026.