Christiaan

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Christiaan is a masculine given name of Dutch and Afrikaans origin, commonly used in South Africa and the Netherlands.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Christien 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
category Afrikaans masculine given names
Dutch masculine given names
Masculine given names
commonInLanguage Afrikaans
Dutch
commonInRegion Southern Africa
Western Europe
culturalUsage primarily used in Afrikaans-speaking communities
primarily used in Dutch-speaking communities
etymologicalOrigin Latin Christianus
gender masculine
hasFamousBearer Christiaan Barnard
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Christiaan Huygens
Christiaan de Wet
hasNameDayRegion Netherlands
hasVariantSpelling Christian
Cristian
Kristian
languageOfOrigin Afrikaans
Dutch
meaning follower of Christ
relatedName Christian
Christiaan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Christien
shortForm Chris
usedInCountry Netherlands
South Africa
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christiaan Eijkman givenName Christiaan
Christiaan de Wet givenName Christiaan
Jan Smuts givenName Christiaan
Christiaan relatedName Christiaan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Christien