Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kresten is a form of Christian. Christian comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kresten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 5 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 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kresten’s family of names
In Danish usage, Kresten has a related form in Christian.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kresten
- Kresten BjerreDanish football palyer and coach (1946-2014)
- Kresten Damsgaardfarmer, Kingdom of Denmark1903–1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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