Osten Family History
Osten Name Meaning
German: topographic name derived from German Ost(en) ‘east’ or a habitational name from any of several places so named in northern Germany. In some cases it is a shortened form of von der Osten meaning ‘from the Oste river’ a name borne by an old Pomeranian noble family. Flemish and Dutch: patronymic from the personal name Oste from ancient Germanic Austa meaning ‘east’. Compare Hosten . Swedish: of German origin (see 1 above) or an ornamental name from ost ‘east’ + the adjectival suffix -en a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. It is very rare in Sweden.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022