Sten

Swedish
"a stone"

Sten Origin and Meaning

The name Sten is a boy's name of Swedish origin meaning "a stone".

Once a short form of names containing this syllable, it is now used on its own, though we'd prefer Sven.

Famous People Named Sten

  • Sten Sture the Elder
    Regent of Sweden
  • Sten Sture the Younger
    Regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union
  • Sten Abel
    Norwegian Olympic sailor
  • Sten Andersson
    Swedish politician and cabinet minister
  • Sten Forshufvud
    Swedish expert on poisons who put forward the theory that Napoleon Bonaparte died of arsenic poisoning
  • Sten Wahlund
    Swedish geneticist
  • Sten Heckscher
    Swedish politician
  • Sten Lindroth
    Swedish historian
  • Sten Pålsson
    Swedish footballer
  • Sten Stensen
    Norwegian speed skater

Sten in Pop Culture

  • Sten
    character in video game "Dragon Age: Origins"
  • Sten
    character in video game "Breath of Fire II"
  • Sten
    main character in The Sten Chronicles by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch