# Dustin (name)

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| gender               = [Male](/source/Male)
| meaning              = Thor's stone
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| language             = English
| origin               = [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse)
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| related names        = [Thorstein](/source/Thorstein), [Thorsten](/source/Thorsten), [Thurstan](/source/Thurstan), [Thurston](/source/Thurston_(name)), [Torstein](/source/Torstein), [Torsten](/source/Torsten)
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'''Dustin''' is a [surname](/source/surname) and masculine [given name](/source/given_name).

== Etymology ==
Dustin originates from an English [surname](/source/surname), which is derived from the [Norman](/source/Normans) personal name ''Tustin'', variant form of ''Turstin'', ''Torstein'', which is in turn derived from the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) ''Þorsteinn'' ([Torsten](/source/Torsten)).<ref name="Hanks 2003">{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |authorlink=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) | publication-place=Oxford, UK |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |oclc=51655476 |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA504 |page=504 |access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> This Old Norse name is composed of elements meaning ''Þor'' (the god ''[Thor](/source/Thor)'') and ''[steinn](/source/Sten_(name))'' "stone".<ref>[https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Þorsteinn ''Þorsteinn'' at ''Nordic Names'' retrieved 16 December 2021]</ref>

== Given name ==
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* [Dustin Ackley](/source/Dustin_Ackley) (born 1988), American former baseball player
* [Dustin Antolin](/source/Dustin_Antolin) (born 1989), American baseball pitcher
* [Dustin Berg](/source/Dustin_Berg) (born 1983), American criminal
* [Dustin Bomheuer](/source/Dustin_Bomheuer) (born 1991), German football player
* [Dustin Boyd](/source/Dustin_Boyd) (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
* [Dustin Brown (ice hockey)](/source/Dustin_Brown_(ice_hockey)) (born 1984), American ice hockey player
* [Dustin Brown (tennis)](/source/Dustin_Brown_(tennis)) (born 1984), Jamaican-German tennis player
* [Dustin Breeding](/source/Dustin_Breeding) (born 1987), member of the R&B group [B5](/source/B5_(group))
* [Dustin Burleson](/source/Dustin_Burleson) (born 1979), American orthodontist and consultant
* [Dustin Byfuglien](/source/Dustin_Byfuglien) (born 1985), American ice hockey player
* [Dustin Cherniawski](/source/Dustin_Cherniawski) (born 1981), Canadian football player
* [Dustin Colquitt](/source/Dustin_Colquitt) (born 1982), American football player
* [Dustin Crum](/source/Dustin_Crum) (born 1999), American football player
* [Dustin Demri-Burns](/source/Dustin_Demri-Burns) (born 1978), English actor, comedian and writer
* [Dustin Diamond](/source/Dustin_Diamond) (1977–2021), American actor
* [Dustin Dodge](/source/Dustin_Dodge), American politician
* [Dustin Fletcher](/source/Dustin_Fletcher) (born 1975), Australian rules footballer
* [Dustin Gee](/source/Dustin_Gee) (1942–1986), British comedian
* [Dustin Hermanson](/source/Dustin_Hermanson) (born 1972), American baseball player
* [Dustin Hersee](/source/Dustin_Hersee) (born 1975), Canadian backstroke swimmer
* [Dustin Higgs](/source/Dustin_Higgs) (1972–2021), American convicted murderer
* [Dustin Hoffman](/source/Dustin_Hoffman) (born 1937), American actor
* [Dustin Honken](/source/Dustin_Honken) (1968–2020), American convicted murderer
* [Dustin Hopkins](/source/Dustin_Hopkins) (born 1990), American football placekicker
* [Dustin Howard](/source/Chuck_Taylor_(wrestler)) (born 1986), American professional wrestler, known by his ring name Chuck Taylor
* [Dustin Johnson](/source/Dustin_Johnson) (born 1984), American professional golfer
* [Dustin Kensrue](/source/Dustin_Kensrue) (born 1980), American musician
* [Dustin Latimer](/source/Dustin_Latimer) (born 1981), American inline skater
* [Dustin Lyman](/source/Dustin_Lyman) (born 1976), American football player
* [Dustin Lynch](/source/Dustin_Lynch) (born 1985), American country singer and songwriter
* [Dustin Martin](/source/Dustin_Martin) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
* [Dustin May](/source/Dustin_May) (born 1997), American baseball pitcher for the [LA Dodgers](/source/Los_Angeles_Dodgers)
* [Dustin Milligan](/source/Dustin_Milligan) (born 1985), Canadian film and television actor
* [Dustin Moskovitz](/source/Dustin_Moskovitz) (born 1984), co-founder of Facebook
* [Dustin Nguyen](/source/Dustin_Nguyen) (born 1962), Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer, martial artist
* [Dustin Nickerson](/source/Dustin_Nickerson) (born 1984), American stand-up comedian
* [Dustin Nippert](/source/Dustin_Nippert) (born 1981), American baseball player
* [Dustin Pedroia](/source/Dustin_Pedroia) (born 1983), American baseball player
* [Dustin Poirier](/source/Dustin_Poirier) (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
* [Dustin Rhodes](/source/Dustin_Rhodes), (born 1969; real name Dustin Runnels), American professional wrestler
* [Dustin Tokarski](/source/Dustin_Tokarski) (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* [Dustin Vaughan](/source/Dustin_Vaughan) (born 1991), American football player
* [Dustin Woodard](/source/Dustin_Woodard) (born 1998), American football player
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== Surname ==
* [Bill Dustin](/source/Bill_Dustin) (1909–2001), New Zealand cricketer
* [Frederic H. Dustin](/source/Frederic_H._Dustin) (1930–-2018), American philanthropist
* [Hannah Duston](/source/Hannah_Duston) (1657–1736, 1737 or 1738), also spelled Dustin, American Puritan woman who was captured by and escaped from a Abenaki raiding party from Quebec

== Fictional characters ==
* [Dustin Henderson](/source/Dustin_Henderson), a character in the Netflix series ''Stranger Things''
* [Dustin Brooks](/source/List_of_Zoey_101_characters), a character in the television series ''Zoey 101''
* [Dustin the Big Hopper](/source/Dustin_the_Big_Hopper) from ''Starlight Express''
* [Dustin the Turkey](/source/Dustin_the_Turkey), an Irish television puppet
* [Dustin Brooks (''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'')](/source/Dustin_Brooks_(Power_Rangers_Ninja_Storm)), the yellow Wind Ranger portrayed by Glen McMillan
* Dustin, a character from the horror comic series ''[Witch Creek Road](/source/Witch_Creek_Road)''

== See also ==
* [Dustin-Leigh Konzelman](/source/Dustin-Leigh_Konzelman), reality-television participant or contestant and beauty queen pageant
* [Dustin (disambiguation)](/source/Dustin_(disambiguation))
* [Torsten](/source/Torsten)

== References ==
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Category:English given names
Category:English masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Surnames derived from given names

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