Gender:
Origin:
Greek,
Latin
12 famous people named Christiano found on Wikipedia.
681 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
3164-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
2276-th in year 2014
Christian originated as a Baptismal name used by persons of the Christian religion. It is now a given name born by males, and by females as Christiana and other feminized variants. An historically commonly used abbreviation, used for example on English 17th century church monuments and pedigrees, is Xpian, using the Greek Chi Rho Christogram Χρ, pronounced in English "chr", short for Χριστός (pronounced "Christos"), Christ. The Greek form of the baptismal name is Χριστιανός (pronounced "Christianos"), a Christian. The name denotes a follower of Christ, thus a Christian. It has been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, at first as a name for females, without any feminising word endings.
Today the name is popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Estonia. Today in Europe — though not the United States — it is almost exclusively used as a male name, but in the 17th and 18th centuries it was a popular female first name in Scotland.
Female variants of the name include Christine, Christina, Christiane, Cristiane, Kristen, Kristin, and Kirsten. Holders of the name Christian may go by the nicknames or shortened forms Chris, Chrissy, "Crix", or Xian.
Root in Latin, means: follower of Christ, a Christian.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiano Cochrane | 1972 | Brazilian actor |
| 2 | Rich Christiano | 1956 | American film director and producer |
| 3 | Dave Christiano | 1956 | American film director |
| 4 | Christiano François | 1993 | Haitian footballer |
| 5 | Lawrence J. Christiano | 1952 | American economist |
| 6 | Christiano Junior | 1832 | Argentine photographer |
| 7 | Christiano Rodeghiero | 1915 | Italian cross-country skier |
| 8 | Leo de Benedicto Christiano | ||
| 9 | Raul Christiano | Brazilian journalist | |
| 10 | Jon Christiano | 1958 | American former ice hockey coach |
| 11 | Christiano Mendy | 1991 | Senegalese footballer |
| 12 | Christiano Whitaker | 1940 | Brazilian diplomat |