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• a follower of the faith of Christianity
• a popular first name and surname, especially in Northern Europe

According to the New Testament, those who followed Jesus as his disciples were first called Christians by those who did not share their faith, in the city of Antioch.

The use of Christian as a personal name derives from its use to describe followers of Christianity.

Female versions of the name include Christine, Christina, Kristen , and Kirsten .

1 First names that can be interpreted as Christian in English

• Chrétien French

2 Encyclopedically notable people named Christian

• the name of several kings of Denmark
• the name of the protagonist in John Bunyan's allegoricalAn allegory (from Greek αλλος, allos "other", and αγορευειν, agoreuein "to speak in public") is a figurative representation conveying a meaning other than and in ad novelA novel is a long or extended work of fiction written in prose, usually in the form of a story. It is longer and more complex than a short story or novella (ie. 40,000+ words), and it is not bound by the restrictions of plays and poetry. The word "novel" The Pilgrim's ProgressThe Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan (published 1678) is an allegorical novel. Bunyan wrote this book while imprisoned in 1675 for violations of the Conventicle Act which punished people for conducting unauthorise
• the surname of Fletcher ChristianFletcher Christian ( September 25, 1764 October 3, 1793) was a Master's Mate on board the Bounty during William Bligh's fateful voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants. It was Christian who seized command of the Bounty from Bligh in 1789. Fletcher was born, the leader of the mutineersMutiny is the crime of conspiring to disobey orders that the mutineer is legally obliged to obey, for example by crew members of a ship. The Royal Navy's Articles of War have changed slightly over the centuries they have been in force, but the 1757 versio on the HMAV Bountyfor other meaning see Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation) 29 April 1789 The Mutiny on the Bounty was a historical event in the late 18th century, most widely known through fiction, of an officer and part of the crew of a British Royal Navy ship rebellin and the founder of a colonyThis article refers to a colony in politics and history. For alternate meanings of colony see colony (disambiguation). In politics and in history, a colony is an administrative unit under the control of a geographically- distinct entity, usually an autono on Pitcairn Island
• the stage name of Canadian professional wrestler Jason Reso
• the middle name of author Hans Christian Andersen.
• Christian of Oliva, 13th century Cisterian monk and the first bishop of Prussia.