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kristen

/kɹˈɪstən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
kris-ten
IPA
/kɹˈɪstən/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Etymology

A spelling variant of Kristin, from Christina, fairly popular in the latter half of the twentieth century.

Derived Forms

Robsten

Homonyms

christon

Rhymes With

piston liston whiston christon mcquiston wriston mccuiston

Questions

How do you pronounce kristen?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈɪstən/.
What does kristen mean?
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Where does kristen come from?
A spelling variant of Kristin, from Christina, fairly popular in the latter half of the twentieth century.

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