Christian (disambiguation)
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Christian may refer to several different subjects:
- A Christian is an adherent of the religion Christianity; Christian is also an adjective referring to Christianity.
- In North America and the West today, Christian is often used in contradistinction to Catholics (and other non-Protestants), to refer to Evangelical or Protestant Christians.
- In some Western languages, the word "Christian" was used in earlier periods to mean "human being" or "peasant."
- A Christian name is a first name or given name.
- Christian music is music related to Christian worship; as a genre it now often refers to Contemporary Christian music.
- Christian is a popular first name and surname in the West, especially in Northern Europe. The use of Christian as a personal name derives from its use to describe followers of Christianity. Today in Europe—though not the United States—it is almost exclusively used as a male name, but in the 17th and 18th centuries it was a popular female first name in Scotland. Female versions of the name include Christine, Christina, Kristen, Kristin, and Kirsten. Holders of the name Christian may go by the nicknames or shortened forms "Chris," "Chrissy" "Xian" or "Kissa" (in Norwegian).
- The name of several kings of Denmark
- The name of the protagonist in John Bunyan's allegorical novel The Pilgrim's Progress
- The surname of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the mutineers on the HMAV Bounty and the founder of a colony on Pitcairn Island
- A stage name of Canadian professional wrestler Jason Reso. He currently goes by the slightly-extended Christian Cage.
- Christian of Oliva, 13th century Cistercian monk and the first bishop of Prussia.
- The 1980s British music group The Christians also derive their name from popular, rather than religious, naming convention
- Other languages
- Chrétien (French)
- Cristiano (Italian)
- Christ (German)
- Krisztián (Hungarian), for the Danish kings Keresztély
- Krystian (Polish)
