Osten

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• German : mainly a topographic name derived from German Ost(en) ‘east’, but in some cases a shortened form of von der Osten, also a topographic name meaning ‘from the Oste river’, a name borne by an old Pomeranian noble family.
• German : habitational name from any of several places so named in northern Germany.
• Dutch : patronymic from a Germanic personal name Austa, meaning ‘eastern’.
• Swedish (Östén, Östen) : ornamental name from öst ‘east’ + the common surname suffix -én, from Latin -enius.