Kristiansund

Etymology
, named after Christian VI of Denmark, the King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746, who gave the town township rights in 1742. The original spelling of the city was, used from 1742 to 1877, then the spelling was used until 1889, and the modern spelling Kristiansund has been used since.

The town was referred to as or, before given township rights, from. It was also often named Lille Fosen ("the small Fosen") to distinguish it from the island ("the big Fosen") in  to the north.

Etymology
From older, , from , named after the Danish king. Replaced the old Norwegian name.

Usage notes
The former municipality was merged with it on 1th January 2008.

Due to the foreign origin of the name, using the name of a Danish king, various attempts have been made to take back the old name (definite form ) as town name.