Kirsten is the Danish-Norwegian form of Christine — from the Greek christianos (follower of Christ). **A top-200 US baby name from 1973 to 1996**. **Kirsten Dunst (born 1982)** — **American actress; breakthrough role at age 12 as Claudia in Neil Jordan's *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), earning a Golden Globe nomination — the youngest competitive Best Supporting Actress nominee at the time**. **Mary Jane Watson in the Sam Raimi *Spider-Man* trilogy (2002-2007); Marie Antoinette (2006) directed by Sofia Coppola; *The Power of the Dog* (2021) earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress**. **Cannes Best Actress (2011, *Melancholia*)**. **Kirsten Gillibrand (born 1966)** — US Senator from New York since 2009 (D), succeeding Hillary Clinton's seat; led the Senate effort to repeal *Don't Ask, Don't Tell* (2010) and the Military Justice Improvement Act**. **Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962)** — Norwegian Wagnerian soprano; the Metropolitan Opera's leading dramatic soprano of the 1930s and the inaugural director of the Norwegian National Opera. **Kiersten Lewis** — American basketball player.
Featured throughout 1990s-2020s American culture.
Kirsten reduces to eight — the number of Spider-Man.