Kersten
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
Surname
A Dutch and Low German patronymic surname, meaning "son of Kerst/Kersten/Kerstijn/Kerstiaen", archaic forms of the name Christian.
People with this surname include:
- Adam Kersten (1930-1983), Polish historian
- Ben Kersten (born 1981), Dutch-Australian racing cyclist
- Carool Kersten (born 1964), Dutch historian
- Charles J. Kersten (1902-1972), American politician from Wisconsin
- Christoph Kersten (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
- Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), 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 (born 1944), Dutch politician
- Krystyna Kersten (1931-2008), Polish historian
- Mark Kersten (born 1950), Australian politician
- Martin Kersten (1906-1999), German physicist and metallurgist
- Martin L. Kersten (born 1953), 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
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