{{Short description|Dutch masculine given name}} {{Infobox given name2 | name = Christiaan | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = {{IPA|nl|ˈkrɪstijaːn|lang|nl-Christiaan.ogg}} | gender = mainly male | nameday = | language = | languageorigin = Egyptian, via Greek and Latin, used to translate Hebrew | origin = Christianus | meaning = "follower of Christ" | seealso = Christian (given name), Christian (surname) }} '''Christiaan''' is a Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans male given name. An archaic spelling of the name was '''Christiaen''' with "ae" to indicate the long sound "a".
People with the name include:
*Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest and theological writer *Christiaan Andriessen (1775–1846), Dutch painter *Christiaan Bailey (born 1981), American surfer *Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965), South African writer *Christiaan Bangeman Huygens (1772–1857), Dutch diplomat and civil servant *Christiaan Barnard (1922–2001), South African cardiac surgeon known for his heart transplants *Christiaan Basson (born 1982), South African golfer *Christiaan Berger (1911–1965), Dutch sprinter *Christiaan Beyers (1869–1914), South African Boer general during the Second Boer War *Christiaan Bezuidenhout (born 1994), South African golfer *Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (1915–2004), South African cleric, theologian, and anti-apartheid activist *Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen (1558–1600), Dutch genre and portrait painter *Christiaan Boers (1889–1942), Dutch Royal Netherlands Army captain during World War II *Christiaan Both (1895–1977), Dutch sport shooter *Christiaan Both (ecologist) (born 1969), Dutch ecologist *Christiaan Brosch (1878–1969), Dutch sport shooter *Christiaan Bruil (born 1970), Dutch badminton player *Christiaan Brunings (1736–1805), Dutch hydraulic engineer *Christiaan Cicek (born 1988), Dutch football striker *Christiaan Coevershoff (1595–1659), Dutch painter *Christiaan Cornelissen (1864–1942), Dutch syndicalist writer, economist, and trade unionist *Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604–1667), Dutch historical/allegorical painter *Christiaan de Bruin (born 1990), South African rugby player *Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), South African Boer general, rebel leader and politician *Christiaan De Wilde (born 1960s), Belgian businessman *Christiaan du Toit (1901–1982), South African military commander *Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930), Dutch physician, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate *Christiaan Justus Enschedé (1788–1829), Dutch newspaper editor and printer *Christiaan Freeling (born 1947), Dutch game designer and inventor of abstract strategy games *Christiaan Willem Fokma (1927–2012), Dutch sculptor and ceramist *Christiaan van der Goes (1530s–1600), Dutch nobleman, schout of Delft *Christiaan Groepe (1789–1886), Khoi military leader in the Cape Colony *Christiaan Harmse (born 1973), South African hammer thrower *Christiaan Heij (born 1950s), Dutch mathematician *Christiaan Hendrik Muller (1865–1945), South African Boer War general *Christiaan Huijgens (1897–1963), Dutch long-distance runner *Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), Dutch physicist, mathematician, astronomer and inventor *Christiaan Jonker (born 1986), South African cricketer *Christiaan Josi (1768–1828), Dutch engraver and art dealer *Christiaan Kok (born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer *Christiaan Kriens (1881–1934), Belgian-born American composer, pianist, violinist and conductor *Christiaan Emil Marie Küpper (1883–1931), Dutch artist, founder of ''De Stijl'', better known as "Theo van Doesburg" *Christiaan Kuyvenhoven (born 1985), Dutch pianist *Christiaan Lans (1789–1843), Dutch colonial head of the Dutch Gold Coast 1834-36 *Christiaan Frederik Louis Leipoldt (1880–1947), South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert *Christiaan van Lennep (1887–1955), Dutch tennis player *Christiaan Lindemans (1912–1946), Dutch double agent during the Second World War *Christiaan Luyckx (1623–c.1675), Flemish still life painter *Christiaan Moltzer (1875–1945), Dutch sport shooter *Christiaan Monden (born 1975), Dutch sociologist *Christiaan Müller (1690–1763), German-born Dutch organ builder *Christiaan Nagel (born 1982), South African-born British street artist *Christiaan Neumeier (1921–1991), Dutch rower *Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis (1863–1922), Dutch photographer in the Dutch East Indies *Christiaan Offringa ({{floruit|2001–2005}}), Dutch curler *Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836), Dutch mycologist *Christiaan Pförtner (born 1966), German football midfielder *Christiaan van Pol (1752–1813), Dutch flower painter *Christiaan Roets (born 1980), South African-born Welsh rugby player *Christiaan Scholtz (born 1970), South African rugby player *Christiaan Sepp ({{circa|1710}}{{snd}}1775), German-born Dutch entomologist and artist *Christiaan Slieker (1861–1945), Dutch early film exhibitor *Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936), Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages *Christiaan Snyman (born 1996), Namibian cricketer *Christiaan Steyn (1897–?), South African sprinter *Christiaen Striep (1634–1673), Dutch still-life painter *Christiaan Timmermans (born 1941), Dutch law professor and judge *Christiaan Tonnet (1902–1946), Dutch equestrian and modern pentathlete *Christiaan Tonnis (born 1956), German symbolist/realist painter, draftsman, and video artist *Christiaan Maurits van den Heever (1902–1957), Afrikaans novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer *Christiaan Van Vuuren (born 1982), Australian actor and video blogger *Christiaan Varenhorst (born 1990), Dutch beach volleyball player *Christiaan van Velzen (born 1932), Dutch sport shooter *Christiaen van Vianen (1598–1671), Dutch silversmith and draughtsman *Christiaan Viljoen (born 1961), South African tennis player
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