Entry № 5387 · Swedish origin

Kerstin Kerstin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender

Girl

Origin

Swedish

Meaning

"A follower of Christ"

Syllables

First recorded

Traditional

The meaning

A name that means "a follower of christ".

Kerstin is a name of Swedish origin, meaning a follower of Christ.

A follower of Christ — a Swedish name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Kerstin

Transliteration: Kerstin
Pronunciation: / /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Kerstin stands.

Kerstin does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Kerstins before her.

Real people

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In fiction

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Names connected to Kerstin.

Numerology

The number behind Kerstin.

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kerstin reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.