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Thurston (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Word/name
  
Old Norse; or Old Norse and Old English

Meaning
  
Thor's stone; or Thurston, Suffolk

Related names
  
Dustin, Thorstein, Thorsten, Thurstan, Torstein, Torsten

Thurston (/ˈθɜːrstən/) is an English-language surname. The name has several origins. In some cases it can have originated from the Old Norse personal name Þórsteinn. This name is derived from the Old Norse elements Þórr ("Thor", the Scandinavian thunder god) and steinn ("stone", "rock"). In other cases the name can have originated from the name of Thurston, located in Suffolk, England. This place name is derived from the Old Norse personal name Þóri and the Old English element tūn ("enclosure", "settlement").

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People

  • Asa Thurston (1787–1868), American missionary in Hawaii
  • Baratunde Thurston (born 1977), American comedian
  • Darren Thurston (born c. 1970), Canadian animal rights activist
  • David Thurston (born 1918), American aircraft designer
  • E. Temple Thurston (1879–1933), Irish author
  • Fred Thurston (1933-2014), American football player
  • Howard Thurston (1869–1936), American magician
  • John Thurston (basketball) (born 1948), American college basketball coach
  • Johnathan Thurston (born 1983), Australian rugby league footballer
  • John Mellen Thurston (1847–1916), American politician
  • John Bates Thurston (1836–1897), British governor of Fiji
  • Katherine Thurston (1875–1911), Irish author
  • Lorrin A. Thurston (1857–1931), American lawyer and leader of the 1893 Hawaiian revolution
  • Lucy Goodale Thurston (1795–1876), Hawaiian missionary and author, wife of Asa Thurston
  • Robert Thurston (born 1936), American science fiction writer
  • Robert Henry Thurston (1839–1903), American engineer
  • Samuel Thurston (1815–1851), American politician
  • Scott Thurston (born 1952), American musician
  • William Thurston (1946–2012), American mathematician

    • Fictional characters

  • Renton Thurston, protagonist of Eureka Seven
  • Sid "The Snitch" Thurston, character played by Peter Jurasik on Hill Street Blues and its spin-off, Beverly Hills Buntz
  • Francis Wayland Thurston, narrator of The Call of Cthulhu
  • King Thurston in the medieval romance King Horn

    • People

  • Thurston Clarke (born 1946), American historian, author and journalist
  • Thurston Daniels (1859–26), Populist politician from the U.S. state of Washington
  • Thurston Dart (1921–71), British musicologist, conductor, and keyboard player
  • Thurston Hall (1882–1958), American film actor
  • Thurston Harris (1931–90), American singer
  • Thurston Howe (born 1983), lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Flayed Disciple
  • Thurston Hunt (executed 1601), English Roman Catholic priest
  • Thurston Moore (born 1958), American musician in the rock band Sonic Youth
  • Thurston Rostron (1863–91), English footballer
  • Thurston Twigg-Smith (born 1921), businessman and philanthropist from Hawaii

    • Fictional characters

  • Thurston Howell III, one of the seven castaways, credited as "The Millionaire," portrayed by actor Jim Backus in the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island

    • References

    Thurston (name) Wikipedia
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