Given name & surname · also Danish
Christensen
Christensen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Christensen comes from Danish, and ultimately from Norwegian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Danish usage, Christensen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Christen.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Christensen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 74,664 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Christensen’s family of names
In Danish usage, Christensen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Christen. In English usage, Christensen as a surname has a related form in CHRISTESON. In Danish usage, Christensen as a surname has a related form in Christiansen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Christensen has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Norwegian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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