Eustace

Where Eustace comes from

From the Old French form of Latin Eustathius, from Ancient Greek Εὐστάθιος (Eustáthios, “ancient name, also of Christian Saint”), from Ancient Greek εὐσταθής (eustathḗs, “steadfast, stable”). Or from εὔστᾰχῠς (eústăkhŭs, “fruitful”, literally “abundant in grain”), from εὖ (eû) + στάχυς (stákhus). Doublet of Ostap.
— Wiktionary's entry for Eustace
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1050
    Eustace III, Count of Boulogne born
    Count of Boulogne
  2. 1882
    Debut at its peak, #754
    #754 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1883
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1923
    Eustace Mullins born
    American antisemitic populist writer, biographer, and Holocaust denier
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Eustace III, Count of Boulogne · Count of Boulogne, 1050–1125
  • Eustace II, Count of Boulogne · Count of Boulogne from 1049 to 1087, died 1087
  • Eustace Mullins · American antisemitic populist writer, biographer, and Holocaust denier, 1923–2010
  • Eustace Miles · English real tennis player, 1868–1948
  • Eustace Chapuys · Imperial ambassador to the court of Henry VIII, died 1556

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.