Eustace
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Greek, Latin |
Origin | |
Word/name | Greek |
Meaning | English form of Eustachius |
Region of origin | Christianity |
Other names | |
Usage | English |
See also | Odo, Edward, William, Sigfred |
Eustace, also rendered Greek given names:
- Εὔσταχυς (Eústachys) meaning "fruitful", "fecund";[1] literally "abundant in grain"; its Latin equivalents are Fæcundus/Fecundus
- Εὐστάθιος (Eustáthios) meaning "steadfast", "stable"; literally "possessing good stability"; its exact Constantius and Constantinus.
Equivalents in other languages include
can also mean "steadfast" or "stable".The Greek Eústachys is no longer used; Eustáthios/Ευστάθιος (usually transliterated Efstáthios) on the other hand is still popular and often used in the informal or diminutive Στάθης (Státhis).
Notable people with the name
Given name
Ancient era
- Saint Eustace (died 118), Christian martyr
- Eustace or Eustathius of Mtskheta (died c. 550), Orthodox Christian saint
- Eustace of Luxeuil (Eustasius) (c. 560 – c. 629), saint and Abbot of Luxeuil
Medieval era
- Eustace I of Boulogne(died 1049), father of Eustace II
- Eustace II of Boulogne(c. 1015–1020 – c. 1087), companion of William the Conqueror, fought at the Battle of Hastings
- Eustace III of Boulogne(before 1060 – c. 1125), rebelled against King William II of England, son of Eustace II
- Eustace IV of Boulogne(c. 1129 – 1153), eldest son of King Stephen of England
- Eustace (Bishop of Ely)(died 1215), Lord Chancellor of England
- Eustace de Balliol (died c. 1209), Lord of Balliol
- Eustace Chapuys (c. 1490/2 – 1556), Ambassador for the Holy Roman Empire in the English Court during the reign of Henry VIII
- Eustace of Fauconberg (died 1228), Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer
- Eustace Folville (died 1346), English outlaw
- Eustace fitz John (died 1157), magnate in northern England
- Eustace Grenier (died 1123), crusader lord and Constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), mercenary and pirate
- Eustace de Vesci (1169–1216), English lord of Alnwick Castle, leader of the First Baron's War against King John I of England
- Eustace of Vilnius(died 1347), saint and martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Eustathius of Ethiopia (1273-1352), Ethiopian saint who advocated for Sabbath observance
Modern era
- Eustace Akwei, Ghanaian doctor and politician
- Lord Eustace Cecil (1834–1921), British politician
- Eustace Conway, American naturalist
- Eustace John, Governor-General of Nevis
- Eustace Lycett (1914–2006), British special effects artist
- Eustace Miles (1868–1948), British real tennis player
- Eustace Mullins, American writer
- Eustace George Willis, British politician
Surname
Eustace is a
Dalcassian
surname.
- Adam Eustace (born 1979), English rugby union player
- Alan Eustace, American computer scientist
- Arnhim Eustace (born 1944), Vincentian politician, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Arthur Eustace (1926–2018), New Zealand former sprinter, athletics coach and administrator
- Bartholomew J. Eustace (1887–1956), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Cristina Eustace (born 1979), Mexican singer
- Dudley Eustace, English businessman, director of Dutch companies
- Frank Eustace (1873–1932), American baseball player
- James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass (1530–1585), Anglo-Irish Catholic noble rebel
- Jean Eustache (1938–1981), French filmmaker
- John Chetwode Eustace (c.1762–1815), Anglo-Irish Catholic priest and antiquary
- John Eustace (born 1979), English football player
- John Thomas Eustace (1825-1919), politician of the Cape Colony
- Sir Joseph Lambert Eustace (1908–1996), Vincentian educator, businessman and politician
- Katharine Eustace (born 1975), New Zealand skeleton racer
- Mary Jo Eustace (born 1962), Canadian actress, singer and sous chef
- Peter Eustace (born 1944), English football player
- Robert Eustace, pen name of Eustace Robert Barton (1854–1943), English doctor and author
- Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass (1505–1578), Anglo-Irish Catholic noble
- Scott Eustace (born 1975), English footballer
- Stuart Eustace (born 1979), English cricketer
- Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass (c.1480–1549), Anglo-Irish Catholic noble loyalist
- Tim Eustace (born 1956), American chiropractor and politician
Fictional characters
- TV series Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Sir Eustace Brackenstall, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Commissioner Eustace Dolan, The Spirit 1940s comic strip character
- Ethne Eustace, The Four Feathers
- Eustace Clarence Scrubb, from The Chronicles of Narnia
- Eustace Strytch, from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Eustace Tilley, The New Yorker magazine character
- Eustace Wooster, cousin of P.G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves
See also
- Eustice, a surname
- Maurice Eustace (disambiguation)