Kerstens is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Kersten", archaic form of the name Christian.

People with this surname include:

Kerstens is also the surname of the descendants of Kersten Jan Simons (c. 1531 - after 1609) and of three of his sons who had issue: Jan Kersten (c. 1561 - before 1639), Jacob Kersten (before 1570 – 18 July 1645) and Adriaan Kersten (c. 1577 - before 20 December 1611).

Until 1698 the name was alternately spelt with and without a final “s”, but from then on the spelling “Kerstens” prevailed.

Kersten Jan Simons lived in modern-day Zundert, famous for being Vincent van Gogh’s birthplace.

Many descendants still live in the southern Netherlands in the province of North Brabant and in northern Belgium in the province of Antwerp.[1]

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