78%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Swedish, Danish, German Pronounced Pron. TOSH-tehn(Swedish) TAWRS-tən(German) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links 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 NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsThorsten(Swedish) Thorsten(Danish) Other Languages & CulturesTorsti(Finnish) Þorsteinn(Icelandic) Torstein, Thorstein(Norwegian) Þórsteinn(Old Norse) PopularityDetails Last ranked #20 in 1978 Germany People think this name isRate·Details classic mature upper class natural wholesome strong rough strange complex serious Name DaysName Days? Sweden: February 23 Categories earth, Elder Scrolls characters, stone, theophoric names