# Kirsten (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kirsten/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 525 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,426 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 588,087 people |
| Change since 2000 | -17.1% (633 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɝstən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Kyrsten, Kirstin, Kyrstin, Kirstyn, Kyrstyn, Kerstin |

## Etymology

From North Germanic (Danish Kirsten and Norwegian Kirsten). Doublet of Christina.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kirsten in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kirsten in the United States.

## People named Kirsten

- Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (1910-1992)

## Similar surnames

Kersten, Karsten, Kirst, Kristensen, Krist, Kirkwood, Kerstetter, Karst, Kersting, Kracht, Kristoff.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.