Christian
m.
Latin christianus 'Christian'.
The name of a 15th C king of Denmark and three 16th C kings of Denmark.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Cristianus (nom) JeanIII p. 28
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1386 Kerstianus BbRT p. 338;
1400 Kersten ibid. p. 342;
1413 Kersten ibid. p. 346;
1420 Kersten ibid. p. 349;
1437 Kersten ibid. p. 360;
1441 Kersten ibid. p. 363
- ◑ 1592 Kerstick Tiik1977 p. 287
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1101x1129 Christiano (abl) CartStPC XXXII,
Christianus (nom) ibid. XXII;
1107 Christianus (nom) ibid. XVII;
a1108 Christianus (nom) ibid. XXI;
1147 Christiano (abl) clairvaux-12thc 19;
1147x1162 Christianus (nom) ibid. 44;
1180 Christiano (abl) RotScaNor p. 12;
1301 Christiani (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 261;
1378 Christiani (gen) hanquetvol1 135,
Christiano (dat) ibid. 393
- Old French
- ● 1296 Crestien paris1296 p. 51
- Middle French
- ● 1418 Chrestien HGParis p. 388
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Cristin (nom) TradCorb §40;
1218 Cristianus (nom) hennes-vol1 30;
1228 Christianus (nom) ibid. 74;
1230 Christianus (nom) ibid. p. 91;
1249 Christianus (nom) ibid. 135
- Early New High German
- ● 1402 Christan (nom) mairhofer DCLXX;
1403 Christan (nom) ibid. DCLXXVI;
1429 Christan (nom) ibid. DCCXXXIII;
1497 Cristin Nurn1497 1123
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Cristiano (dat) RigSB 505;
1289 Christiano (dat) ibid. 132;
1291 Christiano (dat) ibid. 32;
1299 Cristianus (nom) ibid. 277;
1300 Christiani (gen) ibid. 410
- Middle Low German
- ● 1506 Kerſten Mettig1892 p. 7;
1517 Kerſten ibid. p. 7;
1523 Kersten Arbusow p. 99;
1524 Kersten ibid. p. 99
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1570 Christiaen MagMiddelburg-1560;
1571 Christiaen ibid.;
1589 Christiaen ibid.;
1590 Christiaen ibid.;
1591 Christiaen ibid.;
1592 Christiaen ibid.
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1238 Cristino (abl) CartLevenax p. 13
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Cristern SRA-vol2 no. 1911
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Christian". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Christian.