Given name
Eystein
“a lucky man”
Eystein is used as a given name. One interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Eystein’s family of names
Eystein has a related form in Eistein. Eystein has a related form in Eisteinn. Eystein has a related form in Eysteinn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eystein
- Eystein MagnussonKing of Norway (1088-1123)
- Eystein HaraldssonKing of Norway1125–1157
- Eystein MeylaElected a rival King of Norway during the Norwegian Civil War (1157–1177)
- Eystein Halfdanssonsemi-legendary Norwegian petty king650–750
- Eystein EggenNorwegian writer (1944-2010)
- Eystein WeltzienNorwegian orienteerborn 1949
- Eystein GlumraNorwegian petty king805–870
- Eystein JansenNorwegian marine geologist and paleoceanographerborn 1953
- Eystein PaascheNorwegian biologist (1932-2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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