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 [ 2 syll. (t)hor-(s)ten, th-orst-en ] The boy name Thorsten is pronounced as TAORSTahN KEY. Thorsten is a German and Scandinavian name of Old Norse origin. Two-element name derived from the words 'thor' and 'steinn' with the meanings thunder, thunder god and stone respectively. Dórsteinn (Old Norse) is an original form of the name. The generic name has been used in Germanic mythology. Thorstein (Scandinavian), Thorsteinn (Scandinavian), Torstein (Scandinavian), and Torsten (German and Scandinavian) are forms of Thorsten. See also the related forms, Dustin (English and German) and Sten (Scandinavian). Thorsten is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly related to Thorsten, Dustin (English and German) was the most frequently used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Thorsten include Torsten (German and Scandinavian), Thorstein (Scandinavian), Thorsteinn (Scandinavian), Torstein (Scandinavian), Tristan (English, French, German, Romanian, and Welsh), Tristin (English), Triston (English), and Trystan (English and Welsh). KEY: English pronunciation for Thorsten: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
