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Source-reportedDu grec ancien εὔσταχυς, eustakhus.
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- French Wiktionary: EustachiusCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikidata Q21143922CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Eustachius is a masculine given name.
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Du grec ancien εὔσταχυς, eustakhus.
gr.; źródłosłów dla pol. Eustachiusz
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Eustachius— “happy in harvest”
It remains somewhat doubtful whether Eustace should be referred to Εὐστᾶθηος (steadfast), or to Εὔσταχος (happy in harvest). The Eostafie, or Eustathius, of the Greco-Slavonic Church, certainly has the same festival-day (September 20th) as the Eustachius of the Latin; but the Latin Church has _likewise_ a St. Eustachius, a different personage with a different day. He of September 20th was a Roman soldier, who lived and suffered under the Emperor Adrian, but his wild poetical…
It remains somewhat doubtful whether Eustace should be referred to Εὐστᾶθηος (steadfast), or to Εὔσταχος (happy in harvest). The Eostafie, or Eustathius, of the Greco-Slavonic Church, certainly has the same festival-day (September 20th) as the Eustachius of the Latin; but the Latin Church has _likewise_ a St. Eustachius, a different personage with a different day. He of September 20th was a Roman soldier, who lived and suffered under the Emperor Adrian, but his wild poetical legend is altogether a work of the Western mind. It begins like that of St. Hubert, with his conversion by the apparition of a crucifix planted between the horns of a stag, and a voice telling him that he should suffer great things. A soldier saint was sure to be a great favourite in the middle ages, and the supposed transport of St. Eustace’s relics to St. Denis, in very early times, filled France with Eustache, and thence Eustace, Wistace, or Huistace, as English tongues were pleased to call it, came over in plenty at the Norman Conquest. Eustace ‘Comes,’ who holds land in Domesday Book before the Conquest, must have been he of Boulogne who had such a desperate quarrel with the Godwin sons.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter IV (Historical Greek Names Consisting Of Epithets), Section IV (Eu) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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