Kersten

Kersten is a German given name and a Dutch/Low German surname.

Given name

A German male or female given name

• Kersten Artus (born 1964), female German journalist and politician
• Kersten Meier (1954–2001), male German swimmer at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Kersten Neisser (born 1956), female German rower
• Kersten Reich, German educator and cultural theorist

Surname

A Dutch and Low German patronymic surname, meaning "son of Kerst/Kersten/Kerstijn/Kerstiaen", archaic forms of the name Christian.

People with this surname include:

• Adam Kersten (1930–1983), Polish historian
• Alicia Kersten (born 1988), German football player
• Ben Kersten (born 1981), Dutch-Australian racing cyclist
• Carool Kersten (born 1964), Dutch historian
• Charles J. Kersten (1902–1972), American politician from Wisconsin
• Christoph Kersten (1733–1796), German missionary in Suriname
• Claire Kersten (born 1989), New Zealand netball player
• Dagmar Kersten (born 1970), East German gymnast
• Felix Kersten (1898–1960), Himmler's masseur who aided people persecuted by Nazi Germany
• Frank L. Kersten (1870–1950), American politician
• Franziska Kersten (born 1968) German politician
• Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), Calvinist minister and Dutch politician (SGP)
• Holger Kersten (born 1951), German writer on the lost years of Jesus in India
• Ina Kersten (born 1946), German mathematician
• Joke Kersten (1944–2020), Dutch politician
• Krystyna Kersten (1931–2008), Polish historian
• Mark Kersten (born 1950), Australian politician
• Martin Kersten (1906–1999), German physicist and metallurgist
• Martin L. Kersten (1953–2022), Dutch computer scientist
• Mik Kersten (born 1975), Polish-born Canadian computer scientist
• Otto Kersten (1839–1900), German explorer, chemist and geographer
• Peter Kersten (born 1958), German rower
• Ryan Kersten (born 1986), Australian basketball player
• Sam Kersten (born 1998), Dutch football player

See also

• Kerstens