Kerstin
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish Kerstin. Variant of Kristiina.
Proper noun edit
Kerstin
- a female given name
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Kerstin
- a female given name
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Vernacular form of Kristina. First recorded in Sweden as Kierstin in 1535.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kerstin c (genitive Kerstins)
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
- The most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1930s.
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 90 944 females with the given name Kerstin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.