Kristijan
Kristijan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Kristijan Brčić, Croatian football midfielder, plays for C.D.
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Macedonian
Meaning & Origin of Kristijan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kristijan is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Kristijan Brčić, Croatian football midfielder, plays for C.D.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Macedonian
The Story of Kristijan
The earliest SSA record of Kristijan as a baby boy name dates back to 2008, when 6 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Kristijan — #11,037 in the national rankings. About 82% of every Kristijan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Kristijan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kristijan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kristijan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kristijan
Phonetically similar names — useful when Kristijan is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Kristian
- Kristjan
- Crustacean
- Crustation
- Christison
- Crystallin
- Kristen
- Crystalline
- Christman
- Crystaline
- Cristen
- Krysten
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Kristijan
Kristijan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Kristijan's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #11,037. Use the chart and map above to compare Kristijan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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