Torsten
A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning Thor's stone.
Torsten by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Torsten. In the US, 24 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Names that come from Torsten
Forms of Torsten in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Torsten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Thorstenthor's stone; scandinavian name element8 in the US (2017)
- Tristensad; variant spelling of Tristan404 in the US (2017)
- Torenrocky hill or mountain; a form of Toran9 in England and Wales (2025)
- TorbenThor's bear12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Thorsenson of thor; patronymic form5 in the US (2017)
- Trysten36 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Torsten, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Torsten
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