Given name
Friþestan
“peace”·“stone”
Friþestan is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Friþestan is built from elements meaning “peace” and “stone”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Friþustain, built from Proto-West Germanic *friþu (“peace”) + *stain (“stone”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Friþestan’s family of names
In Old English usage, Friþestan has a related form in Friþustan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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