# Dustin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdʌstɪn/ · frequency rank #16,458

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages (very rarely also given to women).

## Etymology
Probably from Old Norse Þorsteinn (“Thor's stone”).

## Easily confused with
- **dusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dustin-vs-dusty)
- **Dutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dustin-vs-dutton)
- **dusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dustin-vs-dusting)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dust-vs-dustin)
- **Dublin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dublin-vs-dustin)
- **dusted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dusted-vs-dustin)
- **duster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/duster-vs-dustin)
- **Durbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/durbin-vs-dustin)
- **destiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/destiny-vs-dustin)
- **Dunstan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dunstan-vs-dustin)
- **dustbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dustbin-vs-dustin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddustin`, `dsutin`, `dusitn`, `dusstin`, `dustinn`, `dustni`, `dusttin`, `dutsin`, `udstin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dustin