Old Norse origin
Source-reportedFrom Old Norse Jósteinn.
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- Wiktionary: JósteinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Polish Wiktionary: JósteinCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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01 / Meaning & origin
Jóstein is a masculine given name documented in Faroese. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Jósteinn.
From Old Norse Jósteinn.
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JOSTEIN— “horse stone”
Hengst seems to have been used for the male, horse for the female; but _jor_ in the North, _ehu_ in Old German, _ehvus_ in Gothic, meant both horse and mare; and this _jor_, or sometimes only the _jo_, is not uncommon in Norsk names, as Jogeir, Jofred, Jogrim, Jostein, or flower of chivalry, Johar or Joar, horse warrior, Joketyll, or Jokell. The women were, Jora, Jodis, Jofrid, Joreid, Jorunna, all, be it remembered, being pronounced as with a _y_.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter III (Names From Objects Connected With Mythology), Section V (The Horse) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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