Kirsten

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Kirsten is both a given name and a surname.

## Given name

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Kirsten is a female given name. It is a Scandinavian form of the names Christina and Christine.[1]

* Kirsten (given name)

## Surname

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People with the surname Kirsten include:

* Amy Beth Kirsten (born 1972), American composer
* Benjamin Kirsten (born 1987), German footballer
* Dorothy Kirsten (1910–1992), American opera singer
* Frik Kirsten (born 1988), South African rugby union footballer
* Gary Kirsten (born 1967), South African cricketer
* Odine Kirsten (born 1994), South African cricketer
* Peter Kirsten (born 1955), South African cricketer
* Ulf Kirsten (born 1965), German footballer
* Wulf Kirsten (1934–2022), German poet, novelist and writer

## Other uses

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* Cameron Kirsten, a fictional character from the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless
* Hurricane Kirsten (disambiguation), two tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

## See also

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* Kirsteen
* Kirst
* Kristen
* Kirsty

## References

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1. ^ "View Name: Kirsten", Behind the Name, retrieved 15 December 2009.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Kirsten.
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