Old Norse origin
Source-reportedFrom Old Norse Tósti, derived from Old Norse Þórstæinn "Thor + stone".
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- Wiktionary: TostigCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Tostig is a masculine given name documented in Old English. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Þórstæinn.
From Old Norse Tósti, derived from Old Norse Þórstæinn "Thor + stone".
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Tostig— “harsh day”
_Thiostr_ means hardness or harshness, and was in use in the North as Triostulf, since contracted into Kjostol, Thiostvald, Thiostar; and probably Tostig, the ungracious son of Godwine, who brought Harald Hardrada to invade England, took his name from thence.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section IV (War) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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