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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Thorsten m. Old Norse Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder' + Old Norse steinn 'stone', from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

England
English
● 1577 Thurstan StAnthonlin p. 25
France
Latin
● 1015 Turstingi (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225; 1180 Tustino (abl) RotScaNor p. 2
Old French
● 1313 Toutain Paris1313 p. 105
Sweden
Old Swedish
● 1383 Thorstanus SRA-vol2 no. 1932, Thorsten ibid. no. 1945
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Thorsten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Thorsten.