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Torsten

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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 6 · observations: 12

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Language information

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Dictionary contexts

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Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Swedish	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: Swedish. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:0b730b7d-fb90-5a94-834e-7c08daed8a32", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:fbc0eaef-97f6-5ddd-99b2-7ba2da557815", "form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "gender": "unknown", "language": "sv" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:48e22fe7-cc5c-546e-92f4-94ad7d9d0e48", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:fe811048-2187-5306-8a07-85ebd82bbd7b", "form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:bcb2f294-469d-5841-aed1-59a0cc980361", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:1abc0f85-cc19-57d8-8139-4edc60d6d711", "form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Related spellings

Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 6

From	To	Type	Evidence
Torsten	Thorsten	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:de285316-fcde-5314-8b31-096c9f3b5947", "from_form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:f7c1a093-d2bc-5303-b10e-574773335e95", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:84e54d39-5b77-5c03-92c2-9bc95bcabc40" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Torsten	Thorstein	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:5bd11ce1-79e5-57e8-afcb-ad865d5a981a", "from_form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:3560d728-05e4-5c71-9057-364aa2bd4abc", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:4ce380d2-0d97-5bc7-9419-bbb6ae2b187e" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Torsten	Torstein	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:4b5d4b02-da94-5ab2-ad3f-09461e092191", "from_form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:6fc120e3-1d7c-5ea7-9ef9-4a790ca0a387", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:5494e290-6ab8-5225-85d3-55442456d1bb" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Torsten	Tor	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:953cd74e-853b-532e-ae20-bae0cc3ed826", "from_form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:161ded90-4fe9-5e00-8090-9b2362fc345a", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:bcaca2cc-4ea4-5ed1-97dc-9429802a7b92" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Torsten	Sten	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:b29f2257-d838-564b-9f99-1e7d86f5059d", "from_form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:e2b66eec-6e47-5ac4-8625-907efd0ee991", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:5db9ca99-b8b2-5d38-9a49-c87440b57ab6" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Torsten	Þorsteinn	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:96143683-4f5e-57f8-be8d-090aabd53a62", "from_form_id": "frm:5657446f-bf37-5e80-baf5-6c3fca470bc2", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:4c74c569-8d27-59f7-b374-75177f6001e1", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:992906c5-be50-5998-9036-09cb5b175796" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 12

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Male	Not available	14
England and Wales	2025	Male	Not available	6
Cologne	2010	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2011	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2012	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2013	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2014	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2015	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2017	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2020	Male	2	1
Cologne	2021	Male	3	1

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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Usage context: Swedish · Not specified · Usage evidence

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Source classification

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Relationship «Torsten → Torstein»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Torsten → Tor»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Torsten → Sten»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Torsten → Þorsteinn»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2012 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2013 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2014 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2017 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2020 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 3

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