Given name
Østen
Østen is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Old Swedish.
Original Old NorseEysteinn
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Old Swedish usage, Østen developed from Eysteinn.
Østen’s family of names
In Old Swedish usage, Østen developed from the Old Norse form Eysteinn. In Danish usage, Østen shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Øystein.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Østen
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Østen, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Støren
“pole” · “meadow”
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Sæter
“seat, mountain pastures”
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Steinn
“stone”
>99% boys
Schwen
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Swegen
Swegen is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Old English.
>99% boys
Steine
Steine is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
>99% boys
Svensen
“son of Sven”
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Sven
“a youthful man; a lad”
>99% boys