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