Kristjan is a masculine given name in different
European languages
There are over 250 languages indigenous to Europe, and most belong to the Indo-European language family. Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language. The three larges ...
. It is a variation of the name
Christian
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
. Notable people named Kristjan include:
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Kristjan Asllani (born 2002), Albanian footballer
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Kristjan Čujec (born 1988), Slovenian futsal player
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Kristjan Fajt (born 1982), Slovenian professional road bicycle racer
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Kristjan Gregorič (born 1989), Slovenian track cyclist
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Kristjan Glibo (born 1982), German football defender and manager
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Kristjan Haho (1877–1937), Estonian lawyer, judge and politician
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Kristjan Ilves (born 1996), Estonian Nordic combined skier
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Kristjan Järvan (born 1990), Estonian politician
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Kristjan Järvi (born 1972), Estonian-American conductor
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Kristjan Niels Julius (1860–1936), Icelandic-American satirical poet
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Kristjan Kais
Kristjan Kais (born 3 March 1976) is a retired Estonian beach volleyball player. With teammate Rivo Vesik, he represented Estonia in beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, pre ...
(born 1976), Estonian beach volleyball player
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Kristjan Kaljurand (born 1992), Estonian male badminton player
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Kristjan Kangro
Kristjan Kangro is an Estonian entrepreneur and investor who is founder and CEO of Estonian fintech firm Change.
Education
Kangro completed his bachelor's degree majoring in finance at Maastricht University and participated in an exchange semest ...
, Estonian entrepreneur and investor
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Kristjan Kangur (born 1982), Estonian basketball player
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Kristjan Kitsing (born 1990), Estonian basketball player
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Kristjan Kõljalg
Kristjan Kõljalg (born 26 December 1982 in Paide) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of XIII Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Reform Party.
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Living people
1982 births
Estonian Reform Party politicians
Members of the ...
(born 1982), Estonian politician
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Kristjan Kombe
Kristjan Kombe (born 28 March 2000) is an Estonian professional ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and mark ...
(born 2000), Estonian ice hockey player
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Kristjan Kõrver
Kristjan Kõrver (born 1 October 1976, in Tallinn) is an Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea ...
(born 1976), Estonian composer
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Kristjan Lipovac
Kristian Lipovac (born 3 December 1989) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper
In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keepe ...
(born 1989), Slovenian football goalkeeper
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Kristjan Lüüs
Kristjan Lüüs (born 17 March 1991)
''Kristjan Lüüs'' (in Kristjan Makke
Kristjan Makke (born March 12, 1981, in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) is an Estonian professional basketballer. He is currently playing for TTÜ KK at the center/forward position.
Makke started his senior club career at the age of fifteen with "BC Ka ...
(born 1981), Estonian basketball player
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Kristjan Oja
Kristjan Oja (born 8 August 1968) is an Estonian former biathlete. He competed in the men's 20 km individual event at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly kno ...
(born 1968), Estonian biathlete
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Kristjan Õuekallas
Kristjan Õuekallas (born 8 January 1981) is an Estonian volleyball player.
He was born in Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and w ...
(born 1981), Estonian volleyball player
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Kristjan Palusalu
Kristjan Palusalu (until 1935 Kristjan Trossmann, – 17 July 1987) was an Estonian heavyweight wrestler and Olympic winner. Palusalu became the first and only wrestler in Olympic history ever to win both the Greco-Roman and freestyle heavy ...
(1908–1987), Estonian heavyweight wrestler
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Kristjan Jaak Peterson
Kristjan Jaak Peterson (, Riga – , Riga), also known as Christian Jacob Petersohn, was an Estonian poet, commonly regarded as a herald of Estonian national literature and the founder of modern Estonian poetry.
His birthday on March 14 is ce ...
(1801–1822), Estonian poet
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Kristjan Prendi (born 1997), Albanian footballer
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Kristjan Rahnu (born 1979), Estonian decathlete
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Kristian Rand (born 1987), Estonian ice dancer
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Kristjan Raud (1865–1943), Estonian painter and drawer
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Kristjan Sarv (born 1979), Estonian actor, director and contemporary artist
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Kristjan Seaver (1898–1941), Estonian Communist politician
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Kristjan Sokoli (born 1991), American football defensive end
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Kristjan Tamm (born 1998), Estonian tennis player
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Kristjan Teder (1901–1960), Estonian painter
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Estonian masculine given names
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Slovene masculine given names