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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Martin Kersten (physicist) (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