Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. TOSH-tehn(Swedish) /ˈtɔʁs.tn̩/(German)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with steinn "stone".

Related Names

RootsÞórr + steinn
VariantsThorsten(Swedish) Thorsten(Danish)
Other Languages & CulturesTorsti(Finnish) Þorsteinn(Icelandic) Torstein, Thorstein(Norwegian) Þórsteinn(Old Norse)

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Name Days

Sweden: February 23

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Entry updated February 28, 2019