Kirsten

Better than Kristen imo, not too frilly or cutesy, I like it.

I prefer the KEER-stin pronunciation, as KUR-stin sounds like curse.

Sounds beautiful and charismatic!

Love my name. It's not a super taxing issue to have people mispronounce it. I'm not that vain and typically don't notice. Close friends have always been more offended and tend to correct people who mispronounce it. But by all means, listen to the haters. I'd love to keep it as unique as possible!

Lovely name but people will confuse it with Kristen.

I love this name, it's so pretty and unique. Kirsten is one of my favorite names.

Beautiful.

Prefer Kristen. Dislike the "keer" sound, it sounds a little whiny.

I would use this name if it weren’t always missaid and mispronounced like Kristen.

My name is Kirstyn and I love it! Out of all five daughters, I am the only daughter who my mother named - my father named all of my sisters! My name is pronounced "Kier-stin" - think "pier" or "ear" - yes I get a lot of Kristen and Kerstin sounding pronunciations - but I am used to it. Besides, I find that when someone makes sure they say my name correctly - it's easy to know who really cares when they take the time to remember and practice the correct pronunciation. I rarely meet another Kirstyn - and if I do - I don't think I've ever met a Kirstyn with my spelling. I love the name meaning - "anointed", "Christian." I will occasionally go by the nickname of Kira - only by immediate family.

A lot of people may mistake this for the name Kristen. Kirsten is just strange to me.

Ok... this is my name. I don't like it very much. I would like it more if my name wasn't always pronounced Kristen or K- EER -sten. Mine's pronounced K-UR-sten.

Lovely, authentic name - but any Kirsten will be condemned to a lifetime of hearing "Did you say Kristen?".

Love the name and all ways it can be said. Feminine and yet still strong. Not often that I come across this name. My daughter is named Kirsten and she regularly received compliments on her name.

Ugly, ugly, ugly! I hope it never makes its way back onto the U.S. charts.

I like this name. It sounds Viking-like, despite its meaning. But it's a shame English-speaking people very often pronounce it either like "Kurse-ten" instead of saying the 'i' correctly (as in "in" or "dim", instead of as a "u" or "ee"), or "Kristen" :(

This could be a pretty name for a girl, but it's hard not to notice that KIRSTEN is an anagram of STINKER, so I probably wouldn't name my daughter that. If people don't notice that, then I guess it's okay.

Sound: 5/10
Spelling: 8/10
Uniqueness: 7/10
Overall: 20/30
Result: Average
Just my opinion
~Peace.

I like this name pronounced both ways I guess, although I have to say I definitely prefer keer-sten. Its much prettier and classier than kur-sten... That kind of sounds like someone mispronouncing Kristen.

I really like it, in any pronunciation. I hate that it's getting popular, and that it's so close to Kristin, but it's still a good, strong name for a girl.

I used to like this name, but every time I say the name it makes my throat hurt! It's almost like it's a tongue twister name!

My name is Kirsten, and mine is a Danish name, pronounced Keersten. I hate being called 'kursten'. It sounds so ugly to me. I love my name though, it is fairly unique, and couldn't imagine being called anything else!

I think the Kier-sten pronunciation is much prettier. Kur-sten makes me think of "curse".

I wasn't sure whether I liked it or not at first but it's kind of grown on me. I prefer the pronunciation kur-sten.

My name is Kirsten and it is numerously said wrong. A LOT of people say my name wrong like KEER-STEN or they call me Kristen! I feel very strongly against this. I love the name Kirsten though as it is not a common name. Well, I know three people in my whole entire school with the name Kirsten, and one of them is me! This name is not original and is femininely passionate and lovely!

It's a pretty and cool name despite the meaning. It doesn't sound very nice with the KUR-sten pronunciation, though.

This is my name, and I don't really like it. Either I get compared to Kirsten Dunst, or my name gets mispronounced! [I pronounce it ker-sten, by the way.]

Name of the moment, I predict the next Jennifer. Shame really. Though personally I know know one Kirsten, and she is lovely. Hollwood names like Kirsten (Dunst) and Keira (Knightly) are rapidly growing in popularity.

Love this name---and both pronunciations.

I like it pronounced KYER-sten.

I think that the name Kirsten is quite harsh but it is femimine and can suit lots of people.

I think Kirsten is a very pretty name, not fadish which makes it even nicer.

Kirsten is a pretty name. It seems though that most girls named Kirsten are brats when they're young. Hopefully the Kirsten I know will turn out pretty cool -- someday.