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    Kirsten

    KEER-sten

    Meaning

    Follower of Christ; Christian

    Scandinavian/Latin origin · Girl

    What it points to

    Kirsten follows Christ — cross taken up, self denied, sheep hearing His voice, the disciple who walks wherever the Shepherd leads.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”

    Matthew 16:24

    “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

    John 10:27

    Most used in the 1990s (US records)

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