Given name & surname
Thurston
“from Thor's town; Thor's stone”
Thurston is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from Thor's town; Thor's stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from Thor's town; Thor's stone.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thurston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,501
- 3,501 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,695 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,695 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 73 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,602 as a first name in 2020; 14,482 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.
Thurston’s family of names
Thurston has a related form in Torsten. Thurston has a related form in Thorsten. Thurston has a related form in Thorstan.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Torstenvariant
- Thorstenvariant
- Thurstanvariant · English
- Tuttonvariant · English
- Thurstinvariant
- Thurstunvariant
- Torstonvariant
- Thurstenvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Thurston
- Thurston MooreAmerican guitarist (born 1958)
- Thurston Hallactor (1882-1958)
- Thurston HarrisAmerican singer (1931-1990)
- Thurston RostronEnglish footballer (1863-1891)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Thurston, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
Fenton
“from the town near the marsh”
>99% boys
Morton
“from the town near the moor”
>99% boys
Melton
“from the mill town”
>99% boys