Given name
Kjerstin
Kjerstin is a feminine given name. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kjerstin isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kjerstin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 248
- 0 boys · 248 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 14 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 308 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.
Kjerstin’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Kjerstin shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form Kerstin. In Norwegian usage, Kjerstin has a related form in Kristine. In Swedish usage, Kjerstin has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Krystyna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kjerstin has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kjerstin
- Kjerstin AndersenNorwegian handball playerborn 1958
- Kjerstin Boge SolåsNorwegian handball playerborn 1997
- Kjerstin DellertSwedish opera singer1925–2018
- Kjerstin AskholtNorwegian politicianborn 1962
- Kjerstin Wøyen FunderudNorwegian politicianborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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