Christiane
- See also: Christian (given name), Christina (given name)
Christiane is a form of the Latin Christiana, feminine form of Christianuis (see Christian), or a Latinized form of Middle English Christin 'Christian' (Old English christen, from Latin).[1] SHORT FORM: Chris.
Alternate spellings:
- Cristiane
- Kristiane
Famous people with the name Christiane
- Christiane Brunner (born 1947), Swiss politician and advocate
- Christiane F., German actress
- Christiane von Goethe (1765–1816), wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Christiane Herzog (1936–2000), wife of German president Roman Herzog
- Christiane Hörbiger (b. 1938), Austrian actress
- Christiane Leenaerts (1945–1984), known as Ann Christy, Belgian singer
- Christiane Legrand (1930–2011), French singer
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (b. 1942), German biologist
- Christiane Paul (b. 1974), German actress
- Christiane Rousseau, French mathematician
- Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva (b. 1985), Brazilian football player
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 55, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
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