| The boy's and girl's name Kristian \k-ris-tian, | | | | Kristian Ghedina (born November 20, 1969) is an |
| kr(i)-stian\ is pronounced KRIS-t'-yun. It is of | | | | Italian former Alpine skier, currently a car racer. |
| Scandinavian origin. Variant of Christian (Greek) | | | | He was the most victorious downhill specialist |
| "anointed Christian".Other meanings of the name is | | | | ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup. |
| the follower of Christ, or follows Christ. | | | | Kristian-Joy Alfonso (born September 5, 1963 in |
| Kristian has 3 variant forms: Krist, Kristan and | | | | Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American soap |
| Kristien. | | | | opera actress. |
| Baby names that sound like Kristian are Krystian | | | | Kristian Huselius (born November 10, 1978 in |
| and Cristian. | | | | Ã-sterhaninge, Sweden) is a professional ice |
| Kristian is a very rare male first name and a very | | | | hockey player. |
| rare surname in the USA (source: 1990 U.S. | | | | Lauri Kristian Relander (May 31, 1883 - February 9, |
| Census). In Scandinavia it is used pretty often, as | | | | 1942) was the second President of Finland |
| well as it is found used in Northern European | | | | (1925-1931). A prominent member of the Agrarian |
| countries like Germany, France and Greece. | | | | League, he served as a member of Parliament, |
| Kristian can also be found in different variations, | | | | and as Speaker, before his election as President. |
| dependant upon which country it is used: | | | | Kristian Schmid (born in Victoria on November 28, |
| Kristian (Danish) | | | | 1974) is an Australian actor who first appeared as |
| Kristian (Norwegian) | | | | Todd Landers in the popular Australian soap opera |
| Kristian (English) | | | | Neighbours. Later he starred as Adam Newman in |
| Kristian (Greek) | | | | the 1990s remake of The Tomorrow People. |
| Kristian (Scandinavian) | | | | While on a four year work permit in the UK he |
| There are lots of variations with the same | | | | made appearances on several UK television |
| meaning as Kristian: | | | | shows, he was voted by the public to be covered |
| Christien (French) | | | | in gunge and slime on Noel's House Party, and two |
| Cretien (French) | | | | years later had to sit under a large nose emitting |
| Christian (Greek) | | | | pretend 'snot' on kids show Gimme 5. |
| Christiano (Greek) | | | | Kristian Hoffman is an American musician. His |
| Cretien (Greek) | | | | sister is writer Nina Kiriki Hoffman. |
| Khrystiyanr (Greek) | | | | "Kong Kristian" (King Christian), or "Kongesangen" |
| Krischanr (Greek) | | | | (The King's Song), is the royal anthem of |
| Krzysztofr (Greek) | | | | Denmark. Composed by Ditlev Ludvig Rogert and |
| Carsten (Latin) | | | | adopted in 1780, it is one of the oldest in the |
| Carston (Latin) | | | | world. The lyrics first appeared in 1779, in |
| Christiann (Latin) | | | | Johannes Ewald's historical drama, The Fishermen. |
| Cristiano (Latin) | | | | It is often mixed with the civil national anthems of |
| Kerstan (Latin) | | | | Denmark, "Der er et yndigt land". |
| Christie (Scottish) | | | | The music was composed by Friedrich Kuhlau in |
| Christy (Scottish) | | | | 1828 for the play Elverhøj. |
| Kersten (Slavic) | | | | "Kong Kristian" is performed only in relations to |
| Cristiano (Spanish) | | | | the royal family, and normally only the first verse |
| Kfister (Swedish) | | | | is played or sung. "Der er et yndigt land", which is |
| Krist (Swedish) | | | | solely a civic national anthem, is used in every |
| Kristar (Swedish) | | | | other national occasions. |
| Krystiyan (Ukrainian) | | | | Kristian Sarkies (born October 25, 1986 in |
| Crist (Welsh) | | | | Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian football |
| Some famous persons having Kristian as their | | | | (soccer) player who plays in midfield for Adelaide |
| first or middle name | | | | United as part of the A-League. Sarkies grew up |
| Kristian Solmer Vedel (March 2, 1923 - March 5, | | | | in Dingley Village, a suburb in Melbourne's |
| 2003) was a Danish industrial designer and part of | | | | South-East. Upon scoring his first A-League goal, |
| the Scandinavian Design movement. | | | | Sarkies handsignaled Dingley's postcode (3172) in |
| Kristian Hellström (July 24, 1880 - | | | | his celebration. |
| June 14, 1946) was a Swedish athlete who | | | | Kristian Niemann is a guitarist, member of Therion, |
| competed mainly in the 1500 metres. | | | | Lithium and Demonoid bands. He studied jazz at |
| Strachkvas (Kristián) (28 September | | | | Musicians Institute. In 1996 his song "Industrial |
| 929 or 935, Prague - 996, Prague) was a prince | | | | Type Thang" was featured in JSR Records' |
| of Bohemia, son of Boleslav I and brother of | | | | compilation Hottest Unknown Guitarists. His style |
| Boleslav II, member of the P?emyslid dynasty. A | | | | of playing mostly centers around legato and |
| clergyman, he finally became the Bishop of Prague | | | | sweep picking. He is also brother of Johan |
| but died during consecration. | | | | Niemann. |
| Kristian Peter Pless (born February 9, 1981 in | | | | Kristian Valen is a Norwegian comedian and |
| Odense, Denmark) is a professional male tennis | | | | popstar. He was born on the 13th October, 1974, |
| player from Denmark. | | | | in Stavanger in Western Norway. He started his |
| Kristian Birkeland (December 13, 1867 - June 15, | | | | career in radio, and has now had two |
| 1917) was born in Christiania (Oslo today) and | | | | TV-programs and released one CD. |
| wrote his first scientific paper at the age of 18. | | | | Kristian Hargreaves was a fictional character on |
| He organized several expeditions to Norway's | | | | the long-running Channel 4 British television soap |
| high-latitude regions where he established a | | | | opera Hollyoaks. |
| network of observatories under the auroral | | | | He was played by actor Max Brown between |
| regions to collect magnetic field data. The results | | | | 2002-2004. |
| of the Norwegian Polar Expedition conducted from | | | | Kristian Merrill Bush (born March 14, 1970) is a |
| 1899 to 1900 contained the first determination of | | | | singer/songwriter. He was born in Knoxville, |
| the global pattern of electric currents in the polar | | | | Tennessee. He is the guitar/mandolin player, singer |
| region from ground magnetic field measurements. | | | | and songwriter of the Grammy-nominated |
| The discovery of X-rays inspired Birkeland to | | | | country music duo Sugarland. Previously, Bush |
| develop vacuum chambers to study the influence | | | | was a member of the Atlanta-based musical duo |
| of magnets on cathode rays. An example of one | | | | Billy Pilgrim. |
| of his experiments is depicted on the left front of | | | | Ole Kristian Furuseth (born January 7, 1967) is a |
| the bank note. It shows a magnetized terrella, | | | | Norwegian former Alpine skier. He won his first |
| simulating the Earth, suspended in an evacuated | | | | World Cup victory in Furano in 1989 and his final |
| box. Birkeland noticed that an electron beam | | | | World Cup victory in Bormio in 2000. Furuseth |
| directed toward the terrella was guided toward | | | | won a bronze medal in the slalom competition at |
| the magnetic poles and produced rings of light | | | | the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach. He |
| around the poles and concluded that the aurora | | | | won a silver medal at the 1998 Olympics in |
| could be produced in a similar way. He developed | | | | Nagano. He retired as an alpine skier in 2002. |
| a theory in which energetic electrons were | | | | Furuseth has nine World Cup victories three in |
| ejected from sunspots on the solar surface, | | | | Giant Slalom and six in Slalom |
| directed to the Earth, and guided to the Earth's | | | | Kristian Schultze is one half of the German New |
| polar regions by the geomagnetic field where they | | | | Age band Cusco. Schultze has partnered up with |
| produced the visible aurora. Birkeland was | | | | Michael Holm and the two have produced |
| nominated for the Nobel Prize no less than seven | | | | numerous new age albums. However, Schultze is |
| times. | | | | less prominent of the duo, as Holm has been |
| Kristian Lundin (born May 7, 1973) is a Swedish | | | | leading figure in the band's composition. The two |
| composer, music producer and songwriter. | | | | met in late 1970s where they discovered they |
| David Kristian (born November 5, 1967) is a | | | | shared a similar interest in pre-colonial America. |
| Canadian musician and film score composer. | | | | |