Þorsteinn
Þorsteinn is an Icelandic and Old Norse male given name.
Origin and meaning
Þorsteinn is made up of Þor "thunder" and steinn "stone".
The name is an Old Norse variant and modern Icelandic form of the name Þórstæinn and was one of the 30 most popular names in Iceland in 2011 .
variants
- Þórsteinn
- Thorstein
- Torstein
- Thorsten (see there other variants and their namesake)
Name bearer
- Þorsteinn Bachmann (* 1965), Icelandic actor
- Þorsteinn Bjarnason (* 1957), Icelandic football player
- Thorsteinn Einarsson , Austrian-Icelandic musician
- Þorsteinn Erlingsson (1858–1914), Icelandic writer
- Þorsteinn Gylfason (1942–2005), Icelandic philosopher and artist
- Þorsteinn Páll Hængsson (* 1964), Icelandic badminton player
- Thorstein Elias Hjaltelin (1771–1817), Icelandic miniature and landscape painter at the Stobwasserschen lacquerware factory
- Þorsteinn Jónsson , actual name of Þórir Bergsson (1885–1970), Icelandic writer
- Þorsteinn Jónsson , actual name of Þorsteinn frá Hamri (* 1938), Icelandic writer
- Þorsteinn Jónsson (director) (born 1946), Icelandic director
- Þorsteinn M. Jónsson (* 1963), Icelandic economist
- Þorsteinn Pálsson (* 1947), Icelandic politician
- Þorsteinn Valdimarsson (1918–1977), Icelandic poet
- Þorsteinn Jens Vilhjálmsson (known as Þorsteinn J. ), Icelandic presenter and filmmaker
Intermediate name
- Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (* 1983), Icelandic football player
such as
- Einar Thorsteinn (1942–2015), Icelandic architect
Literary characters
- Main character in Þorstein's story þáttr sögufróða
See also
- Þorsteinsson , more rarely Þorsteinnsson
- Þorsteinsdóttir