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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

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
Latin
1189 Turstanus (nom) GASurv p. 106, Turstino (dat) ibid. p. 96, Turstinus (nom) ibid. p. 78
English
1577 Thurstan StAnthonlin p. 25
Estonia
Middle Low German
1592 Twyste Tiik1977 p. 288
France
Latin
1015 Turstingi (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225; 1180 Tustino (abl) RotScaNor p. 2
Old French
1313 Toutain Paris1313 p. 105
Scotland
Latin
1122 Thurstini (gen) ESC XLV, Thurstino (dat) ibid. XLIV, Turstini (gen) ibid. XLIII
Sweden
Old Swedish
1383 Thorstanus SRA-vol2 no. 1932, Thorsten ibid. no. 1945
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Thorsten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Thorsten.