Christianus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Latin christianus 'Christian, follower of Christ'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kʁɪsti̯anʊs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Christianus is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- NLNetherlands
- IDIndonesia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Latin christianus 'Christian, follower of Christ'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Christianus is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Greek-Latin 'confessor of Christ'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, patronymische Familiennamen zu Rufname Christianus (Christian).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Christian Ravisb. 1613DEnot in their usual nameGerman orientalist (1613-1677)
- Christianus Carolus Henricus van der Aab. 1718NLDutch pastor, preacher and theologian (1718-1793)
- Christianus Robidé van der Aab. 1791NLDutch lawyer and author (1791-1851)
- Lambert Hezenmansb. 1841NLnot in their usual nameDutch architect, draughtsman, painter (1841-1909)
- Christianus Petrus Wilhelmus Dessingb. 1844NLDutch architect (1844–1913)
- Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeckb. 1866NLDutch linguist (1866–1951)
- Johannes Andreas Christianus van Pinxterenb. 1902NLDutch university teacher
- J.Ch.I. van Niekerkb. 1917NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician (1917-1993)
- Lau Schneiderb. 1926NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician
- Gert-Jan van den Bemdb. 1964NLnot in their usual nameDutch writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 16K | #153 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 4.7K | #734 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 100 | #5,520 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 4 | #19,620 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #18,069 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #593 |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Christianus mean, and where does it come from?
- from Latin christianus 'Christian, follower of Christ' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Christianus?
- In the etymology graph, Christian, Cristian and Kristen are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Christianus?
- A machine transcription gives /kʁɪsti̯anʊs/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Christianus a male or female name?
- Christianus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Christianus have the most bearers?
- Christianus is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christianusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Christianus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.