Thorsten
Thorsten is a male name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name Thorsten comes from the Nordic and is composed of the parts of the word Thor (the Germanic god of thunder and war) and Nordic 'stone'. So you can freely translate the name as Thor's stone , Thor's hammer , Thor's ax or as (stone) hard as Thor .
Thor and especially the Thorhammer were long considered a commitment to the old tradition and paganism in Scandinavia during the long lasting conversion through Christianity.
distribution
Þorsteinn as a modern Icelandic form of the name was among the 30 most popular names in Iceland in 2011 .
Not unusual in Germany since 1950, Thorsten was one of the most common first names between 1960 and 1980. Since around 1985 this boy name is no longer modern.
Variants and similar names
- Torsten, Thorsten, Torston
- Thurstan
- Thorstein, Torstein ( Norwegian ), Þorsteinn , Þórsteinn ( Thorsteinn , Icelandic), old Þórstæinn
- Торстен (Bulgarian)
Similar names are: Thoram , T [h] orben , T [h] orbjö / ørn , T [h] orolf , T [h] orw / vald , T [h] orfinn
name day
- January 8 , according to Thorfinn († January 8, 1285), bishop in medieval Norway
- February 23
- September 19th
- 23rd of December
Well-known namesake
Thurstan
- Thurstan († 1140), Archbishop of York
Torstein, Thorstein, Thorsteinn
- Torstein Raaby , participant in the Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947
- Thorstein Aaby (1971-2007), Norwegian guitarist
- Thorstein Elias Hjaltelin (1771–1817), Icelandic miniature and landscape painter
- Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), American economist and sociologist
Thorsten
- Thorsten Bauer (* 1977), German soccer player
- Thorsten Becker (writer) (* 1958), German writer
- Thorsten Becker (soccer player) (* 1980), German soccer player
- Thorsten Becker (fencer) , German foil fencer
- Thorsten Boer (* 1968), German soccer player
- Thorsten Burkhardt (* 1981), German soccer player
- Thorsten Dominik (* 1977), German wrestler
- Thorsten Eppert (* 1972), German television presenter
- Thorsten Faas (* 1975), German political scientist
- Thorsten Feller (* 1973), German actor, singer and photo model
- Thorsten Fink (* 1967), German soccer player
- Thorsten Gimmler (* 1966), German author of board and card games
- Thorsten Grasshoff (* 1969), German actor
- Thorsten Michael Haub (* 1968), German chess player
- Thorsten Heise (* 1969), German neo-Nazi
- Thorsten Hennig-Thurau (* 1967), German economist
- Thorsten Hohmann (* 1979), German pool player
- Thorsten Judt (* 1971), German soccer player
- Thorsten Kausch (* 1973), German politician
- Thorsten Kinhöfer (* 1968), German football referee
- Thorsten Kirschbaum (* 1987), German soccer player
- Thorsten Köhler (* 1978), German actor
- Thorsten Krämer (* 1971), German writer
- Thorsten Langer (* 1971), Belgian biathlete
- Thorsten Larbig (* 1964), German pianist and painter
- Thorsten Laussch (* 1964), German actor and presenter
- Thorsten Legat (* 1968), German soccer player
- Thorsten Leibenath (* 1975), German basketball coach
- Thorsten Link (* 1964), German television presenter, television editor and film author
- Thorsten Lipinski (* 1969), German fantasy and science fiction author
- Thorsten Lorenz (* 1954), German professor for media education
- Thorsten Mäder (* 1969), German organist, conductor and university professor
- Thorsten Nagelschmidt (* 1976), German rock singer and songwriter
- Thorsten Nehrbauer (* 1978), German soccer player
- Thorsten Nickel (* 1966), German actor and martial artist
- Thorsten Nindel (* 1964), German actor
- Thorsten Nordenfelt (1842–1920), Swedish weapons designer and businessman
- Thorsten Passfeld (* 1975), German painter, sculptor, set designer, animator, author and musician
- Thorsten Prenzler (* 1971), German politician
- Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (* 1969), German politician and member of the Hessian state parliament
- Thorsten Schatz (* 1968), German journalist and author
- Thorsten Schaubrenner (* 1968), German journalist and television presenter
- Thorsten Schick (politician) (* 1971), German politician (CDU)
- Thorsten Schick (soccer player) (* 1990), Austrian soccer player
- Thorsten Schmid (* 1971), German handball trainer
- Thorsten Schmidt (author) (* 1961), German author and publisher
- Thorsten Schmidt (publisher) (* 1965), German publisher, publicist and photographer
- Thorsten Schmidt (director) (* 1969), German director
- Thorsten Schmidt (rower) (* 1978), German rower
- Thorsten Ingo Schmidt (* 1972), German lawyer and university lecturer
- Thorsten Schmitt (* 1975), German Nordic combined athlete
- Thorsten Schmitz (* 1966), German journalist
- Thorsten Schoen (* 1972), German beach volleyball player
- Thorsten Schorn (* 1976), German radio and television presenter
- Thorsten Schriever (* 1976), German football referee
- Thorsten Schröder (* 1967), German journalist and moderator
- Thorsten Storm (* 1964), German handball player and official
- Thorsten Stuckmann (* 1981), German soccer goalkeeper
- Thorsten Tornow (* 1963), German writer
- Thorsten Trantow (* 1975), German cartoonist
- Thorsten Walther (* 1972), German soccer player
- Thorsten Weckherlin (* 1962), German theater director
- Thorsten Weidner (* 1967), German fencer
- Thorsten Winkelmann (* 1981), German political scientist
- Thorsten Wingenfelder (* 1966), German guitarist and songwriter
- Thorsten Wittek (* 1976), German soccer player
- Thorsten Wolf (* 1965), German actor and cabaret artist
- Thorsten Zacharias (* 1965), German handball referee
Torsten
Torsten is the family name of the following person:
- Olaf Torsten (* 1921), German actor
Torsten is the first name of the following people:
- Torsten Abeln (* 1970), German soccer player
- Torsten Albig (* 1963), German SPD politician
- Torsten Amft (* 1971), German fashion designer
- Torsten Ankert (* 1988), German ice hockey player
- Torsten Bittermann (* 1968), German soccer player
- Torsten Buchsteiner (* 1964), German actor and playwright
- Torsten Carleman (1892–1949), Swedish mathematician
- Torsten Carlius (1939–2005), Swedish sports official
- Torsten Conradi (* 1956), German shipbuilding engineer and regatta and touring sailor
- Torsten de Winkel (* 1965), German jazz musician and composer
- Torsten Dechert (* 1966), German drummer
- Torsten Engel (* 1963), German journalist
- Torsten Engelage (* 1981), Austrian SPÖ member
- Torsten Fenslau (1964–1993), German disc jockey and music producer
- Torsten Fließbach (* 1944), German physicist
- Torsten Friedrich (* 1971), German handball player
- Torsten Frings (* 1976), German soccer player
- Torsten Geerdts (* 1963), German politician
- Torsten Goods (* 1980), German jazz musician
- Torsten Gutsche (* 1968), German canoeist
- Torsten Gütschow (* 1962), German soccer player
- Torsten Hägerstrand (1916–2004), Swedish geographer
- Torsten Harmsen (* 1961), German journalist and writer
- Torsten Hebel (* 1965), German presenter, cabaret artist and evangelist
- Torsten Herbst (* 1973), German politician
- Torsten Hiekmann (* 1980), German racing cyclist
- Torsten Jansen (* 1976), German handball player
- Torsten Jülich (* 1974), German soccer player
- Torsten Kirchherr (* 1966), German table tennis player
- Torsten Knabel (* 1980), Austrian soccer player
- Torsten Knippertz (* 1970), German actor and presenter
- Torsten Koplin (* 1962), German politician
- Torsten Körber (* 1965), German lawyer and legal scholar
- Torsten Kracht (* 1967), German soccer player
- Torsten Krause (* 1981), German politician
- Torsten Laen (* 1979), Danish handball player
- Torsten Lamprecht (1968–1992), victim of right-wing extremist violence
- Torsten Laux (* 1965), German organist and music teacher
- Torsten Lemmer (* 1970), German politician, publisher and musician
- Torsten Lieberknecht (* 1973), German soccer player
- Torsten Lindberg (1917–2009), Swedish football player, coach and table tennis player
- Torsten Marold (* 1962), German game designer
- Torsten May (* 1969), German professional boxer and boxing trainer
- Torsten Michaelis (* 1961), German actor and voice actor
- Torsten Müller (agricultural scientist) (* 1961), German agricultural scientist
- Torsten Müller (musician) (* 1957), German musician
- Torsten Münchow (* 1965), German actor and voice actor
- Torsten Oehrl (* 1986), German soccer player
- Torsten Ohlow , German figure skater
- Torsten Peplow (* 1966), German soccer player and coach
- Torsten Persson (* 1954), Swedish economist
- Torsten Rasch (* 1965), German composer
- Torsten Reuter (* 1982), German soccer player
- Torsten Sasse (* 1963), German documentary filmmaker and author
- Torsten Scheibler , German judo and sumo athlete
- Torsten Schmidt (cyclist) (* 1972), German cyclist and cycling trainer
- Torsten Schmidt (athlete) (* 1974), German athlete and athletics trainer
- Torsten Schmitz (* 1964), German amateur boxer and boxing trainer
- Torsten Schulz (* 1959), German screenwriter
- Torsten Spanneberg (* 1975), German swimmer
- Torsten Stålhandske (1594–1644), Swedish general
- Torsten Stoll (* 1964), German actor
- Torsten Sträter , German writer
- Torsten Sümnich (* 1973), German soccer player
- Torsten Svensson (1901–1954), Swedish football player
- Torsten Toeller (* 1966), German entrepreneur
- Torsten Traub (* 1975), German soccer player
- Torsten Voss (* 1963), German athlete and bobsleigh athlete
- Torsten Wagner (* 1964), German wrestler
- Torsten Warnecke (* 1962), German politician
- Torsten Weiser (* 1971), German actor
- Torsten N. Wiesel (* 1924), Swedish neurobiologist
- Torsten Wilholt (* 1973), German philosopher
- Torsten Wohlert (* 1965), German soccer player
- Torsten Wolfgramm (1936–2020), German politician
- Torsten Wustlich (* 1977), German luge rider
- Torsten Ziegner (* 1977), German soccer player
stage name
- Malte Thorsten (* 1951), German actor
Individual evidence
- ↑ nordicnames.de: ÞOR
- ↑ nordicnames.de: STEIN
- ^ Statistics Iceland
- ↑ [1] : First names Torsten, Thorsten
- ↑ nordicnames.de: Þorsteinn