Kristen is a
first name, also the Breton, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian form of
Christian.[3] As a result, Kristen is a male name in
Norway,
Sweden and
Denmark, with the female equivalent spelt as Kristin, a Scandinavian form and a variation of
Christine. In Breton, Kristen is both a male and female name. In English-speaking countries, Kristen is now usually a
female name, used as an alternative spelling of Kristin, with the Kristen spelling having become the more popular spelling of the name in English-speaking countries for newborn girls by the mid 1970s.[4]
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