Given name
Christiane
“follower of Christ”
Christiane is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Christiane is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Christiane is a variant of Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Christiane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,263
- 6 boys · 2,257 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 87 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 girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 87 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,630 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Christiane’s family of names
In Danish usage, Christiane has a diminutive in Jane. In French usage, Christiane has a related form in Christine. In German usage, Christiane has a related form in Christine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Christiane has relatives in 5 languages.
16 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Christiane
- Christiane Nüsslein-VolhardGerman biologist (1995 Nobel Prize)born 1942
- Christiane AmanpourEnglish-Iranian news anchor and international correspondentborn 1958
- Christiane TaubiraFrench politicianborn 1952
- Christiane F.German authorborn 1962
- Christiane MartelFrench actress and beauty queenborn 1936
- Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-BayreuthQueen of Poland1671–1727
- Christiane EndlerChilean footballerborn 1991
- Christiane PaulGerman actressborn 1974
- Christiane WartenbergEast German middle distance runnerborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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