Torsten

Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was Þórsteinn. It is a compound of the theonym Thor and sten "stone".
The name is one of a group of Old Norse names containing the theonym Thor, besides other such as Þórarin, Þórhall, Þórkell, Þórfinnr, Þórvald, Þórvarðr, Þórolf, most of which, however, do not survive as modern names given with any frequency.
The name is attested in medieval Iceland, e.g. Þorsteinn rauður Ólafsson (circa 850-880), Þōrsteinn Eirīkssonr (late 10th century), and in literature such as Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar.
The Old English equivalent of the Scandinavian name is Thurstan, attested in the 11th century as the name of a medieval archbishop of York (d. 1140), of an abbot of Pershore (1080s) and of an abbot of Glastonbury (1090s). The English surname Thurston is presumably derived from this given name. The English given name Dustin is derived from a surname which in origin may have been derived in turn from the Scandinavian given name.
As a modern given name, Thorsten and Torsten also see some popularity in the English-speaking world and in German-speaking Europe.

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Thor's stone. Combine of thor (god thunder) and steinn (stone).

Torstein, Thorstein, Thurston, Thorsten, Þórsteinn, Dustin

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Torsten Sträter	1966	German author
2	Torsten Frings	1976	German footballer
3	Torsten Voges	1961	German actor
4	Torsten Michaelis	1961	German actor
5	Torsten Wiesel	1924	Swedish neuroscientist
6	Torsten Münchow	1965	German actor and voice actor
7	Torsten Lemmer	1970	German politician and publisher
8	Torsten Wahlund	1938	Swedish actor
9	Torsten Toeller	1966	German entrepreneur
10	Jessica Torsten
11	Torsten Sense	1961	German actor, voice actor and composer
12	Kevin Torsten	1998
13	Torsten Knippertz	1970	German actor
14	Torsten Hägerstrand	1916	Swedish geographer, inventor of time geography
15	Torsten Fenslau	1964	German record producer
16	Torsten Albig	1963	German politician
17	Torsten van Jaarsveld	1987	Rugby player
18	Torsten Ranft	1961	German actor
19	Torsten Ehrenmark	1919	Swedish translator, writer and journalist
20	Torsten Fink	1965	German writer
21	Torsten Stenzel	1971	German musician, songwriter, composer, producer
22	Torsten Hallman	1939	Swedish motorcycle racer
23	Torsten Gütschow	1962	German footballer
24	Torsten Lieberknecht	1973	German footballer and manager
25	Torsten Voss	1963	Bobsledder
26	Torsten Rennert	2000	German actor
27	Torsten Goods	1980	German guitarist
28	Torsten Oehrl	1986	German footballer
29	Torsten Billman	1909	Swedish printmaker
30	Torsten Hebel	1965	German cabaret artist
31	Torsten Carleman	1892	Swedish mathematician, known for research in classical mathematical analysis
32	Torsten de Winkel	1965	German musician
33	Torsten Persson	1954	Swedish economist
34	Torsten Spittler	1963	German football manager
35	Torsten Oletzky	1966	German manager
36	Torsten Stoll	1964	German actor
37	Torsten Nilsson	1905	Swedish politician
38	Torsten May	1969	Boxer
39	Torsten Fröhling	1966	German football player and manager
40	Torsten Stålhandske	1593	Finnish general
41	Torsten Zwingenberger	1959	German drummer
42	Torsten Ullman	1908	Swedish sports shooter
43	Torsten C. Fischer	1963	German film director and screenwriter
44	Torsten Jansen	1976	Handball player
45	Torsten Amft	1971	German fashion designer
46	Torsten Nothin	1884	Swedish politician and civil servant
47	Torsten Bengtsson	1956	Swedish writer
48	Torsten Lamprecht	1969
49	Torsten Körner	1965	German journalist
50	Torsten Fließbach	1944	German physicist
51	Torsten Suel	1966	German computer scientist
52	Torsten Mattuschka	1980	German footballer
53	Torsten Lindberg	1917	Swedish footballer and manager
54	Torsten J. Gerpott	1958	German economist
55	Torsten Laen	1979	Danish handball player
56	Torsten Renqvist	1924
57	Torsten Stålnacke	1933	Swedish military personnel
58	Torsten Koop	1965	German association football referee
59	Torsten Sjögren	1896	Swedish psychiatrist
60	Torsten Krol		Australian writer
61	Torsten Husén	1916	Swedish psychologist
62	Torsten Dewi	1968	German screenwriter
63	Torsten Rasch	1965	German composer
64	Torsten Lilliecrona	1921	Swedish actor
65	Torsten Schmitz	1964	German boxer
66	Torsten Geerdts	1963	German politician
67	Torsten Ralf	1901	Swedish singer
68	Torsten Winge	1886	Swedish actor
69	Torsten Laux	1965	German musician and organist
70	Torsten Adenby	1918	Swedish journalist
71	Torsten Doenst	1969	German cardiac surgeon
72	Torsten Gutsche	1968	Canoe racer
73	Torsten Oltmanns	1964	German writer
74	Torsten Jungstedt	1918	Swedish journalist
75	Torsten Koplin	1962	German politician
76	Torsten Kälvemark	1942
77	Torsten Capelle	1939	German archaeologist and prehistorian
78	Torsten Rapp	1905	Swedish general
79	Torsten Tegnér	1888	Swedish sportsman
80	Torsten Ziegner	1977	German footballer
81	Torsten Breuer	1954	German cinematographer
82	Torsten Wilholt	1973	German philosopher
83	Torsten Koch	1960	German boxer
84	Torsten Friedrich	1971	German handball player
85	Torsten Bugiel	1975
86	Torsten Hesselbjerg	1950	Danish judge
87	Torsten Spanneberg	1975	Swimmer
88	Torsten Andersson	1909	Swedish politician
89	Torsten Oppelland	1959	German political scientist and university teacher
90	Torsten Kerl	1967	German singer
91	Torsten Krause	1981	German politician
92	Torsten Diedrich	1956	German military historian
93	Torsten Wedhorn	1970	German mathematician
94	Torsten Traub	1975	German association football player
95	Torsten Zuberbier	1962	Venereologist and allergologist
96	Torsten Kracht	1967	German footballer
97	Torsten Peter Schnick	1968	German actor
98	Torsten Engel	1963	German journalist
99	Torsten Kienass	1971	German ice hockey player
100	Torsten Maass	1967	German trumpeter
101	Torsten Abel	1974
102	Torsten Fogelqvist	1880
103	Torsten Sommer	1971	German politician
104	Torsten Bergström	1896	Swedish stage and film actor, film director
105	Torsten Aminoff	1910	Finnish politician and journalist
106	Torsten Buchsteiner	1964	German actor and author
107	Torsten Scheibler	1971
108	Torsten Ankert	1988	German ice hockey defenceman
109	Torsten Schneider	1969	German politician
110	Torsten Dechert	1966
111	Torsten Fridh	1914
112	Torsten Abeln	1970	German association football player
113	Torsten Ekbom	1938	Swedish translator
114	Torsten Fischer	1958	German theatre director
115	Torsten Sasse	1963	German journalist and author
116	Torsten Johansson	1920	Swedish tennis player
117	Torsten Löwgren	1903	Swedish artist
118	Torsten Benkenstein	1979	German musician and singer
119	Torsten Siegfried Haake-Brandt	1958
120	Torsten Müller	1962	Agricultural Scientist
121	Torsten Sohns	1952
122	Torsten Jovinge	1898	Swedish artist
123	Torsten Staffeldt	1963	German politician
124	Torsten Hiekmann	1980	Road bicycle racer
125	Torsten Söderberg	1894
126	Torsten Gejl	1964	Danish politician
127	Torsten Björklund	1923
128	Torsten Herbst	1973	German politician
129	Torsten Henrikson	1906
130	Torsten Giedeon	1957	German golfer
131	Torsten Loibl	1972
132	Torsten Jakobsson	1957	Olympic alpine skier
133	Torsten Hillberg	1892	Swedish actor
134	Torsten Wustlich	1977	Luger
135	Torsten Truscheit	1966	German cinematographer, film editor and screenwriter
136	Torsten Verrel	1961	German jurist
137	Torsten Knabel	1980	Austrian association football player
138	Torsten Wolfgramm	1936	German politician
139	Torsten Körber	1965	German jurist
140	Torsten Harmsen	1961	German journalist and author
141	Torsten Meyer	1965	German university teacher
142	Torsten Hoffmann	1977	German actor
143	Torsten Wolff	2000	German author
144	Torsten Christ	1906	German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
145	Torsten Thormählen	1963	German politician
146	Torsten Krill	1971	German drummer
147	Torsten Schemmel	1979	German actor
148	Torsten Sümnich	1973	German association football player
149	Torsten Schulz	1969	German volleyball player
150	Torsten Riemann	1964	German Liedermacher, musician and university teacher
151	Torsten Lange	1945	German politician
152	Torsten Marold	1962	German joiner
153	Torsten Sylvan	1895	Equestrian
154	Torsten Schäfer	1977	German journalist and university teacher
155	Torsten Krentz	1966	German canoeist
156	Torsten Renz	1964	German politician
157	Torsten Görlitzer	1964	German luger
158	Torsten Hammarén	1884	Swedish actor
159	Torsten Fendt	1977	German ice hockey player
160	Torsten Warnecke	1962	German politician
161	Torsten Conradi	1956
162	Torsten Peplow	1966	German association football player
163	Torsten Wolf	1968	German politician
164	Torsten Engelage	1981
165	Torsten Quensel	1898	Swedish journalist
166	Torsten Heine	1979	German ice hockey player
167	Torsten Weber	1977
168	Torsten Åhman	1944	Swedish writer
169	Torsten Schlüter	1959	German artist
170	Torsten Schippe		German rugby union player
171	Torsten Wulf	1968	German economist
172	Torsten Nielsen	1967	Danish politician
173	Torsten Günther	1976	German association football referee
174	Torsten Mattern	1966	German art historian and archaeologist
175	Torsten Hanusch	1967	German ice hockey player
176	Torsten Kumfeldt	1886	Water polo player
177	Torsten Palm	1885	Swedish artist
178	Torsten Reuter	1982	German footballer
179	Torsten Schack Pedersen	1976	Danish politician
180	Torsten Harder	1965	German musician
181	Torsten Miksch	1965	German politician
182	Torsten Engberg	1934
183	Torsten Rossmann	1966	German paleontologist
184	Torsten Lord	1904	Sailor
185	Torsten Gowitzke	1967	German football player and manager
186	Torsten Eymann	1966	German economist
187	Torsten Chmielewski	1968	German association football player
188	Torsten Larsson	1966
189	Torsten Wohlert	1965	German footballer
190	Torsten Lachmann	1982	Australian canoeist
191	Torsten Bengtson	1914	Swedish politician
192	Torsten Bittermann	1968	German footballer
193	Torsten Diehl	2000	German theatre director
194	Torsten Kirchherr	1966	German table tennis player
195	Torsten Bréchôt	1964	Judoka
196	Torsten Warmuth	1968	German artist and photographer
197	Torsten Schwede	1967	German university teacher
198	Torsten Eckbrett	1984	Canoe racer
199	Torsten Föllinger	1922
200	Torsten Hammarström	1896