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Duston
How to Pronounce Duston
Pronounced DUS-tin /ˈdʌs.tɪn/High
Meaning: Duston is a spelling variant of Dustin, an English surname adopted as a first name and usually traced to the Old Norse personal name Thorstein — 'Thor's stone', joining the god Thor with steinn 'stone'. The -on ending is a phonetic respelling.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Duston is a variant of Dustin, an English surname that became a popular first name in the later twentieth century. Dustin is generally derived from the Old Norse name Thorstein — Thor, the thunder god, plus steinn 'stone' — carried to England by Norse settlers. The rise of actor Dustin Hoffman helped push the given name into the mainstream, and spellings like Duston appeared in its wake.
Duston peaked around 1986, trailing Dustin's own 1980s popularity, and then declined with it. A boy named Duston then is now in his late thirties. It reads as an eighties masculine name; Dustin remains the standard spelling, while Duston stays an uncommon variant with no separate comeback.
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What does the name Duston mean?
Duston is a respelling of Dustin, a surname name usually traced to Old Norse Thorstein, meaning 'Thor's stone'.
How do you pronounce Duston?
It's said DUS-tin /ˈdʌs.tɪn/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Duston a boy or girl name?
Duston is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Duston?
Duston was an uncommon spelling of Dustin, most visible in the nineteen-eighties and rare today.