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Usage
Swedish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
1) Swedish younger form of Østen (see Øystæinn) [1] [2] [3] [4]
2) Swedish younger form of Ödhsten (see Auðstæinn) [1] [2]
Related Names
Grammar
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Östen
|
Genitive: |
Östenin
|
Partitive: |
Östeniä
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Östen
|
Genitive: |
Östens
|
Name Days
Finland (Swedish Language)
|
10 September
|
Sweden
|
26 August
|
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Bo Östen Undén (25 August 1886 – 14 January 1974), Swedish politician
- Östen Warnerbring (22 November 1934 – 18 January 2006), Swedish musician and singer
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 6,884 people were named Östen (percentage of first or only given name: 20 %) [5]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[6] |
|
805 |
3522 |
0 |
2 |
805 |
3520 |
Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
201 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
201 |
Denmark[8] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[9] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Östen.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/