Given name
Kristján
Kristján is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Kristján’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Kristján has a diminutive in KIDDI. In Icelandic usage, Kristján shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Kristian. In Icelandic usage, Kristján has a conventional equivalent in the English form Christian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kristján has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kristján
- Kristján EldjárnIcelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (1916-1982)
- Kristján JónssonIcelandic politician (1852-1926)
- Kristján Örn SigurðssonIcelandic footballerborn 1980
- Kristján FinnbogasonIcelandic footballerborn 1971
- Kristján Þór JúlíussonMember of the Althingborn 1957
- Kristján AndréssonIcelandic handball playerborn 1981
- Kristján L. MöllerIcelandic politicianborn 1953
- Kristján EmilssonIcelandic-Swedish association football playerborn 1993
- Kristján ArasonIcelandic handball playerborn 1961
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