Etymograph

English

Kirsten

Kirsten comes from Danish Kirsten, and goes back to Christina.

  1. DanishmodernChristina
  2. Danish, derivedmodernKirsten
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2022same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. DanishmodernChristina
  2. Danish, derivedmodernKirsten
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2022same form

Earliest quotation: 2022, Sanders: “U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)…”

Another origin of Kirsten

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKirsten
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Danish Christina / Kirsten