Dustin (name)
| Dustin | |
|---|---|
| Gender | mainly Male |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old Norse |
| Meaning | Thor's stone |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Thorstein, Thorsten, Thurstan, Thurston, Torstein, Torsten |
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Dustin is a surname and masculine given name.
Etymology
Dustin originates from an English surname, which is derived from a Norman personal name, which is probably derived from the Old Norse Þorsteinn (Torsten). This Old Norse name is composed of elements meaning "Thor" and "stone". In ancient Germanic languages, 'Dustin" also means "brave fighter" or "valiant fighter".[1] [2]
Males with the given name Dustin
- Dustin Ackley, baseball player
- Dustin Boyd, Canadian professional ice hockey player in the NHL
- Dustin Brown, American professional ice hockey player in the NHL
- Dustin Browder, American game developer currently working for Blizzard Entertainment.
- Dustin Breeding Member of R&B group Audio (group)
- Dustin Byfuglien, American professional ice hockey player in the NHL
- Dustin Cherniawski, Canadian football player
- Dustin Colquitt, American football player
- Dustin Diamond, American actor
- Dustin Fletcher, Australian rules footballer
- Dustin Gee, British comedian
- Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
- Dustin Hersee, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), American actor
- Dustin Kensrue, American musician
- Dustin Lyman, American football player
- Dustin Miller, American politician
- Dustin Milligan, Canadian film and television actor
- Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook
- Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer, martial artist
- Dustin Poirier, American mixed martial artist
- Dustin Nippert, American baseball player
- Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
- Dustin Rhodes (born 1969; real name Dustin Runnels), American professional wrestler
Females
- Dustin-Leigh Konzelman, reality-television participant or contestant and beauty queen pageant
- Ann Dustin Wilson, American musician, best known as the lead singer of the hard rock band Heart.
Fictional characters
- Dustin the Big Hopper from Starlight Express
- Dustin the Turkey, Irish television puppet
- Dustin Brooks, Yellow Wind Ranger
- Dustin Armstrong, from LISA: The Painful RPG
- Dustin Brooks, Zoey's little brother on Zoey 101.
People with the surname Dustin
- Frederic H. Dustin, American philanthropist
See also
References
- ↑ "Popular German Names For Boys. Dagobert. Dalbert. Derek. Dieter. Dustin. Dutch". Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ↑ Dustin at BehindtheName. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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