Christiane

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Christiane or Christianne is a given name, derived from the Latin Christiana, the feminine form of Christianus. It can also be a Latinized version of Middle English Christin 'Christian'.

From Wikipedia

Christiane first appears in the data in 1946 and has been recorded in 73 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 87 babies (rank #1,265 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Christiane

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Christiane yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,263

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Christiane

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhardgeneticist · b. 1942
Christiane Amanpourprogram host · b. 1958
Christiane Taubiraeconomist · b. 1952
Christiane F.autobiographer · b. 1962
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreutharistocrat · b. 1671

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1946	5	#5,074
1947	17	#2,463
1948	9	#3,639
1949	18	#2,348
1950	21	#2,132
1951	17	#2,492
1952	25	#2,030
1953	18	#2,530
1954	26	#2,081
1955	41	#1,600
1956	27	#2,111
1957	23	#2,356
1958	28	#2,123
1959	40	#1,741
1960	36	#1,895
1961	36	#1,927
1962	34	#1,998
1963	19	#2,882
1964	32	#2,112
1965	34	#2,002
1966	49	#1,603
1967	43	#1,756
1968	52	#1,595
1969	70	#1,372
1970	54	#1,708
1971	87	#1,265
1972	73	#1,367
1973	61	#1,527
1974	58	#1,621
1975	70	#1,462
1976	55	#1,730
1977	66	#1,611
1978	51	#1,920
1979	53	#1,952
1980	38	#2,495
1981	30	#2,935
1982	51	#2,030
1983	26	#3,165
1984	37	#2,526
1985	33	#2,811
1986	24	#3,569
1987	31	#3,039
1988	26	#3,603
1989	38	#2,888
1990	44	#2,651
1991	52	#2,424
1992	33	#3,348
1993	25	#4,126
1994	35	#3,245
1995	29	#3,685
1996	28	#3,854
1997	29	#3,833
1998	27	#4,158
1999	28	#4,107
2000	14	#7,250
2001	20	#5,621
2002	28	#4,409
2003	18	#6,368
2004	20	#6,024
2005	15	#7,593
2006	21	#6,183
2007	12	#9,669
2008	10	#10,973
2009	9	#11,667
2010	14	#8,360
2011	13	#8,731
2012	12	#9,229
2013	6	#15,026
2014	7	#13,371
2015	6	#14,905
2016	7	#13,201
2017	7	#12,998
2020	6	#13,798