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View Name: Torsten


TORSTEN
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Swedish, Danish, German
PRONOUNCED: TAWR-sten (German)   [key]
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
VARIANTS: Thorsten (Swedish), Thorsten (Danish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Þórsteinn (Ancient Scandinavian), Torsti (Finnish), Torstein, Thorstein (Norwegian)



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