How do you prounce this name?

Question

Just wondering but isn't Christian as a boys name and Kristen as a girls name the same way to prounce it? But it's just spelled differently?

How do you prounce it?

Answer 1

Christ-shun

Cris-tin

Answer 2

It depends where you live. In Scotland, 'Christian' used to be a common female name (never male), and is synonymous with 'Christine'.

Answer 3

to pronounce christian it would sound like kris-chahn and kristen would sound more like kris-ten (just how it's spelled)

hope this helps! =)

Answer 4

http://www.behindthename.com

Christian, from the  Medieval Latin name  "Christianus" meaning "A Christian" is pronounced as KRIS-chən (English) or KRISH-chən (English)--with the stressed syllable in capitals.

      In England it has been in use since the Middle Ages, during which time it was used by both males and females, but it did not become common until the 17th century. In Denmark the name has been borne by ten kings since the 15th century. A famous bearer was Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), the Danish author of such fairy tales as 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.

Kristen (masculine) is the Danish form of CHRISTIAN.

KRISTIN  (feminine) is Pronounced: KRIS-teen (German), KRIS-tin (English) and is the Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA

(Pronounced: kris-TEEN-ə (English), kris-TEE-nah (German, Dutch).

    From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN. This was the name of an early, possibly legendary, saint who was tormented by her pagan father. It was also borne by a 17th-century Swedish queen and patron of  the arts who gave up her crown in order to become a Roman Catholic.

Answer 5

kuhreh-stehn or kuhrist - ihn

Answer 6

With Kristen you emphasize on the T

Answer 7

I've always thought Christian had 3 sylables Chris-ti-an , and Kristen had 2 Kris-ten . . .but I might be wrong, but I know the accent is in different places on each.    hope this helps. . .