Forename Torstein

Around the globe, Torstein (Torstein , Þorsteinn ) is a rare masculine forename. The first name Torstein is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Iceland, where it is quite a common boy's name, Norway, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Sweden, where it is a rare male name. Very seldom, Torstein is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Torstein

name Торстейнн, name Торстен, name Þórr, name Tórstein, name Thorsten, name Torsten, name Torstein, name Thurstan, name Торстеин, name Þorsteinn, name Thorstein, name Steinn

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Torstein	Denmark, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United States
Þorsteinn	Denmark, Norway, Iceland, United States, United Kingdom

First names said to be same

Steinn, Thorstein, Thorsten, Thurstan, Torsten, Tórstein, Þórr, Торстеин, Торстейнн, and Торстен

Notable namesakes

	torstein knarresmed Viking warrior (b. 981)
	torstein brynjulvsson nordadal (b. 1622)
	torstein sveinsson bustebakke (b. 1814)
	torstein torsteinson Norwegian artist, 1876-1966, NO (b. 1876)
	torstein reinholdtsen NO (b. 1827)
	torstein rusdal Norwegian painter (1887–1971), NO (b. 1887)
	torstein o. hus Norwegian politician (b. 1848)
	torstein selvik Norwegian politician, NO (b. 1900)
	torstein dale Norwegian physician, NO (b. 1907)
	torstein grythe Norwegian musician (b. 1918)
	torstein sætnan NO (b. 1865)
	torstein mørseth Norwegian politician and farmer (1879-1960), NO (b. 1879)
	torstein høverstad Norwegian educator and scholar, NO (b. 1880)
	torstein seiersten Norwegian speed skater, NO (b. 1931)
	torstein slungård Norwegian politician (b. 1931)

Characteristic surnames

Rd, Fjørtoft, Solberg, Storaas, Karlsen, Paulsen, Johnsen, Jenssen, Eriksen, Hølmebakk, Haugen, Simonsen, Andersen, Pedersen, Gøransson, Jakobsen, Johansen, Sørensen, Pettersen, Langeland, Kristensen, Svendsen, Fredriksen, Hansen, Nilsen, Vik, Bøe, Dahl, Lund, Eide, Hole, Myhre, Dahle, Lunde, Nordal, Næss, Hagen, Olsen, Solaas, Steine, Strand, Bishop, Kvamme, Larsen, Jensen, Hauge, and Kristiansen