German zoo christens new cub

The 4-month-old polar bear cub has its first experience with snow. Photo / AP

Eight years after Knut drew millions of visitors to Berlin Zoo, the polar bear's baby brother has been christened at a zoo in the north-eastern German town of Rostock.

The cub, now four months old and living with his mother Vilma, was christened "Fiete" after nearly 3000 name suggestions were submitted at the zoo.

The cub is now four months old and living with his mother Vilma. Photo / AP

The polar bear shares a father with Knut, the polar bear that drew millions of people to Berlin in 2007.

Knut was the zoo's first polar bear to survive past infancy in three decades. He died in 2011.

Fiete will remain with his mother for another two years.