Christiane

kris-tee-AH-na; kris-tee-AHN

German and French feminine form of Christian

"follower of Christ"

Christiane Origin and Meaning

The name Christiane is a girl's name of German, French origin.

There are not one but two notable modern women with this name: journalist Christiane Amanpour and physician/author Christiane Northrup. In Germany, the pronunciation is kris-tee-AH-na while in France, it's kris-tee-AHN — and in the U.S., there's sure to be confusion. While Christiane is not stylish, it's a strong, attractive, unusual-though-familiar name.

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Famous People Named Christiane

• Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg Bayreuth, Queen consort of Augustus II of Poland
• Christiane Amanpour British,Iranian TV journalist
• Christiane Maria dos Santos Torloni Brazilian actress
• Christiane Nusslein Volhard, German biologist and winner of the Nobel Prize
• Christiane Jolissaint Swiss tennis player
• Christiane Soeder German,Austrian cyclist
• Christiane F. (born Vera Christiane Felscherinow) German actress, basis for the book/film "We Children from Bahnhof Zoo"
• Christiane Demontés French Senator
• Christiane Hummel French Senator
• Christiane Kammermann French Senator
• Christiane Taubira French Minister of Justice
• Christiane Mercelis Belgian tennis player
• Christiane Guhel French ice dancer
• Christiane Northrup American physician and author
• Christiane Krause German Olympic runner
• Christiane Friederike Wilhelmine "Minna (Minchen)" Herzlieb German foster,daughter of publisher Karl Ernst Friedrich Frommann and muse of Goethe