Given name & surname
Thorsten
“from Thor's town; Thor's stone”
Thorsten is a variant of Thurston. One English interpretation is “from Thor's town; Thor's stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thorsten is a variant of Thurston. One English interpretation is “from Thor's town; Thor's stone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Thorsten is a variant of Torsten. An origin associated with Torsten is Old Norse. Thorsten is a variant of Thurston. An origin associated with Thurston is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thorsten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 233
- 233 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,764 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,764 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 540 as a first name in 2020; 182 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.
Thorsten’s family of names
Thorsten has a related form in Thurston. In German usage, Thorsten has a related form in Torsten. In German usage, Thorsten has a related form in Torsten.
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Around the world
Thorsten has relatives in 8 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Thorequivalent
- TorsteinNorwegian, Faroese
- ThorsteinSwedish, Danish
- TostenNorwegian
- TosteinNorwegian
- torsten.jbo
- ÞórsteinnIcelandic
- ÞorsteinnIcelandic, Old Norse
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People named Thorsten
- Thorsten FinkGerman association football player and managerborn 1967
- Thorsten MargisGerman bobsledderborn 1989
- Thorsten KirschbaumGerman footballerborn 1987
- Thorsten WeidnerGerman fencerborn 1967
- Thorsten KayeGerman-British actorborn 1966
- Thorsten NordenfeltSwedish arms manufacturer (1842–1920)
- Thorsten SvenssonSwedish footballer (1901-1954)
- Torsten LindqvistOlympic modern pentathlete (1925–2002)
- Thorsten FreiGerman politicianborn 1973
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