Given name · also Latin
Krišjānis
Krišjānis is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Krišjānis comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Krišjānis’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Krišjānis has a conventional equivalent in the English form Christian. In Latvian usage, Krišjānis has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form KRYSTIAN. In Latvian usage, Krišjānis has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Kristián.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Krišjānis has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Krišjānis
- Krišjānis BaronsLatvian writer and folklorist (1835–1923)
- Krišjānis ValdemārsLatvian writer (1825–1891)
- Krišjānis RēdlihsLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1981
- Krišjānis BerķisLatvian general (1884-1942)
- Krišjānis ZviedrisLatvian association football playerborn 1997
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