köken: Inherited from Old French chrestien or Christian, from Latin Christiānus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós). Doublet of crétin and Christian.
Je vous arrête : Nina est un prénom chrétien. La Sainte-Nina tombe le 14 janvier, date de votre première interview.
köken: From Russian христиа́н (xristián, “gentive or accusative plural form of христианин”), from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós).
köken: Borrowed from Old Czech křesťan, from Old High German christjāni, from Latin Chrīstiānus. By surface analysis, chrzest + -anin. Doublet of Krystian.
köken: Inherited from Latin Christiānus, itself from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós). The sense of "person" is also found in many other Romance cognates. Doublet of cretin and hristian. Compare Aromanian crishtin, crãshtin.
From Old Swedish kristin, from Old Norse kristinn, from Middle Low German kristen or Old English cristen, from Latin Christianus, from Greek χρῑστιᾱνός (christianós).