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Krystian

Gender
Boy
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KRIS-tyan
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025
#4,856 for boys

Krystian is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).

What does Krystian mean?

Greek: Polish form of Christian, via Latin

“follower of Christ”

The Polish form of Christian, from the Greek christianos, follower of Christ.

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

Krystian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Krystian in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 73% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Krystian, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 83 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Krystian than any year since 2000.

Half of all the boys named Krystian in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 83 in 20092025
Krystian in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20246#3,335
202311#2,155
202211#2,143
202110#2,257
202018#1,462
201933#970
201824#1,210
201738#901
201640#863
201529#1,064
201434#948
201356#664
201258#658
201154#683
201068#560
200983#486
200865#570
200744#710
200628#939
200514#1,445
20044#3,147
20034#2,990
20025#2,358
20014#2,714
20000–
19990–
19983#3,021

How popular is Krystian in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,856among boys
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 85,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Krystian, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 86 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.

Half of all the boys named Krystian in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1990, 63% of the babies named Krystian in the US were girls. By 2020 it was 14%, with more boys than girls since 1991.

1983Busiest: 86 in 20092025
Krystian in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202520#4,856
202418#5,237
202329#3,799
202235#3,342
202124#4,243
202032#3,416
201940#2,991
201829#3,704
201736#3,192
201640#2,934
201532#3,430
201450#2,490
201345#2,621
201247#2,593
201164#2,076
201057#2,261
200986#1,761
200879#1,838
200781#1,795
200676#1,808
200567#1,885
200448#2,340
200362#1,882
200249#2,151
200157#1,908
200050#2,011
199948#1,992
199840#2,232
199743#2,057
199651#1,781
199526#2,757
199435#2,254
199327#2,635
199224#2,828
199126#2,600
199015#3,773
198910#4,805
198810#4,445
19876#6,083
19867#5,327
19857#5,142
19840–
19835#6,234

Names like Krystian

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Krystian

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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, “Krystian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/krystian, updated 20 October 2026.