Given name & surname
Arnstein
“eagle”·“stone”
Arnstein is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in German, Faroese, and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arnstein is built from elements meaning “eagle” and “stone”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Arnsteinn, built from Old Norse ǫrn (“eagle”) + steinn (“stone”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Arnstein’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Arnstein has a related form in ANSTEIN. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Arnstein has a related form in ANSTEIN. In Faroese usage, Arnstein has a conventional equivalent in the Norwegian form Årstein.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arnstein
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