Given name & surname
Kerstin
“follower of Christ”
Kerstin is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kerstin is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Kerstin is used as a variant of Kristina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kerstin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,537
- 0 boys · 2,537 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 97 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 97 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,698 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.
Kerstin’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Kerstin shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian form KJERSTIN. In German usage, Kerstin has a related form in Christine. Kerstin has a related form in Kristina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kerstin has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kerstin
- Anita EkbergSwedish actress (1931–2015)
- Kerstin EkmanSwedish writerborn 1933
- Kerstin ThieleGerman judokaborn 1986
- Kerstin GarefrekesGerman association football playerborn 1979
- Kerstin StegemannGerman association football playerborn 1977
- Kerstin Gierwriterborn 1966
- Kerstin BehrendtEast German athleteborn 1967
- Kerstin HesselgrenSwedish politician (1872–1962)
- Kerstin KöppenEast German rowerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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