Kirsten
Appearance
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Kirsten is both a given name and a surname.
Given name
[edit]Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine.[1]
Surname
[edit]People with the surname Kirsten include:
- Amy Beth Kirsten (born 1972), American composer
- Benjamin Kirsten (born 1987), German footballer
- Dorothy Kirsten (1910–1992), American opera singer
- Frik Kirsten (born 1988), South African rugby union footballer
- Gary Kirsten (born 1967), South African cricketer
- Odine Kirsten (born 1994), South African cricketer
- Peter Kirsten (born 1955), South African cricketer
- Ulf Kirsten (born 1965), German footballer
- Wulf Kirsten (1934–2022), German poet, novelist and writer
Other uses
[edit]- Cameron Kirsten, a fictional character from the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless
- Hurricane Kirsten (disambiguation), two tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "View Name: Kirsten", Behind the Name, retrieved 15 December 2009.