Torstein

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Norwegian and Faroese modern form of Þórstæinn ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

See Þórstæinn

Name Day

Norway

23 February

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Torstein
Accusative:	Torstein
Dative:	Torsteini
Genitive:	Torsteins

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[3]		0	0	3563	4149
Sweden[4]		0	0	36	64
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	28	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	4	n.a	4
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][3][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [3] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi