Øystein

See also: Oystein

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse Øysteinn, Eysteinn, from ey (“luck”) +‎ steinn (“stone”). Cognate with Faroese Oystein, Icelandic Eysteinn, Swedish Östen, and Danish Østen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ooʏːstoɪːn/

Proper noun

Øystein m

  1. a male given name from Old Norse

References

  • Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 411
  • Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎[1] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 46
  • Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 729 males with the given name Øystein living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 8th December, 2022.
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