Dustin
Its Germanic root ties it to Thor: it began as Þorsteinn, "Thor's stone". In Poland it stays a stranger, carried by fewer than 200 people and given to almost no one now.
Dustin Pronunciation
Dustin is pronounced DOOS-teen (/ˈdustin/).
What Dustin means
Where Dustin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dustin traces back to Old Norse Þorsteinn, a compound of the god Thor and steinn, stone. Norse settlers carried it into England, where it wore down to Thurstan and later to Dustin. The short meaning stays close to the source: Thor's stone.
A stone under Thor's name suggests something set and hard to move. Old Norse built many names from steinn, pairing it with gods and kin. When the word crossed the North Sea into English it kept the god and the rock, even as the spelling loosened.
For much of the twentieth century Dustin read as a surname more than a given name. That changed with Dustin Hoffman, born 1937, whose fame turned the family name into a first name for a generation of American boys.
On a Polish register, Dustin stands out. It has no Polish name-day, no homegrown diminutive, no local variant. What it brings instead is its plain sense, kamień Thora, Thor's stone, the same meaning it carried out of the north.
How many people are named Dustin
1 in 117287 men in Poland is named Dustin. 182 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2357 among male names.
Dustin's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Dustin as a middle name
Dustin is a first name for 182 men in Poland and a middle name for another 25, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1710th, between Dimitrios (25) and Eliyahu (25).
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#1708 Dev25
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#1709 Dimitrios25
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#1710 Dustin25
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#1711 Eliyahu25
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#1712 Fabrice25