Given name & surname
Esten
“from the eastern town”
Esten is a variant of Eston. One English interpretation is “from the eastern town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Esten is a variant of Eston. One English interpretation is “from the eastern town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Esten is a variant of Eston. An origin associated with Eston is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 238
- 238 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,600 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,600 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 266 as a first name in 2020; 243 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Esten’s family of names
Esten has a related form in Eston. In Greek usage, Esten as a surname is a transliteration of Έστεν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Esten
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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