Kersten is a German given name and a Dutch/Low German surname.
Given name A German male or female given name Kersten Artus (born 1964), female German journalist and politician Kersten Meier (1954–2001), male German swimmer at the 1972 Summer Olympics Kersten Neisser (born 1956), female German rower Kersten Reich, German educator and cultural theorist
Surname A Dutch and Low German patronymic surname, meaning "son of Kerst/Kersten/Kerstijn/Kerstiaen", archaic forms of the name Christian.http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Kersten&nfd_naam=Kersten&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=
People with this surname include: Adam Kersten (1930–1983), Polish historian Alicia Kersten (born 1988), German football player Ben Kersten (born 1981), Dutch-Australian racing cyclist Carool Kersten (born 1964), Dutch historian Charles J. Kersten (1902–1972), American politician from Wisconsin (1733–1796), German missionary in Suriname Claire Kersten (born 1989), New Zealand netball player Dagmar Kersten (born 1970), East German gymnast Felix Kersten (1898–1960), Himmler's masseur who aided people persecuted by Nazi Germany Frank L. Kersten (1870–1950), American politician Franziska Kersten (born 1968) German politician Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), Calvinist minister and Dutch politician (SGP) Holger Kersten (born 1951), German writer on the lost years of Jesus in India Ina Kersten (born 1946), German mathematician Joke Kersten (1944–2020), Dutch politician Krystyna Kersten (1931–2008), Polish historian Mark Kersten (born 1950), Australian politician (1906–1999), German physicist and metallurgist Martin L. Kersten (1953–2022), Dutch computer scientist Mik Kersten (born 1975), Polish-born Canadian computer scientist Otto Kersten (1839–1900), German explorer, chemist and geographer Peter Kersten (born 1958), German rower Ryan Kersten (born 1986), Australian basketball player Sam Kersten (born 1998), Dutch football player Trent Kersten (born 1993), American volleyball player and coach
See also Kerstens
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