Boy · Old Norse, through Norman English
Dustin
Say it: DUSS-tin
Meaning
From an English surname derived from the Norman personal name Turstin, from Old Norse Þórsteinn, Þórr (the god Thor) and steinn 'stone'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rare until the actor Dustin Hoffman's fame in the late 1960s, it peaked in the US in the 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 207,670 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 1984, about 1 in 174 boys
- 397 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Dusten, Duston
Famous bearers
- Dustin Hoffman, American actor
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Where this comes from
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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