Sten m
Swedish: from an Old Norse personal name, originally a short form of the various compound names containing the element steinn stone (cf. e.g. TORSTEN (SEE Torsten)). Numerous names of Old Norse origin containing this as a first element are still in limited used today, as, for example, Stenbjörn, Stenfinn, Stenkil, and Stenulf.
Cognates: Norwegian: Stein. Danish: Ste(e)n.
First names dictionary. 2012.