Estonian

Proper noun

Kerstin

1. A female given name.

German

Etymology

From Swedish Kerstin.

Proper noun

Kerstin

1. A female given name.

Swedish

Etymology

Vernacular form of Kristina. First recorded in Sweden as Kierstin in 1535.

Proper noun

Kerstin

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• The most common first name of women born in Sweden in the 1930s.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.