# Kristen

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,204

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

## Etymology
A spelling variant of Kristin, from Christina, fairly popular in the latter half of the twentieth century.

## Easily confused with
- **Kristy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kristen-vs-kristy)
- **Kristi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kristen-vs-kristi)
- **Kristin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kristen-vs-kristin)
- **Kristina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kristen-vs-kristina)
- **kitten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kitten-vs-kristen)
- **Krista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/krista-vs-kristen)
- **Kirsten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kirsten-vs-kristen)

## Common misspellings (10)
`kkristen`, `krisetn`, `krissten`, `kristenn`, `kristne`, `kristten`, `kritsen`, `krristen`, `krsiten`, `rkisten`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kristen