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Dustin

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Dustin ♂ Transferred use of the surname, which is of uncertain origin, probably a Norman form of the Old Norse personal name Þórsteinn, composed of elements meaning ‘Thor's stone’. It is now used fairly regularly as a given name, largely as a result of the fame of the film actor Dustin Hoffman (b. 1937), who is said to have been named in honour of the less well-known silent film actor Dustin Farman (1870–1929).

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Dustin

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Dustin •assassin • Yeltsin • sasine •Solzhenitsyn • rebbetzin •biomedicine, medicine •ceresin •ricin, Terramycin •tocsin, toxin •Wisconsin • oxytocin • niacin •moccasin • characin • Capuchin •Latin, satin •plantain • captain •marten, martin •cretin •pecten, pectin •Quentin •clandestine, destine, intestine •sit-in • quintain • bulletin • chitin •Austen, Mostyn •fountain, mountain •gluten, highfalutin, Rasputin •Dustin, Justin •biotin • legatine • gelatin • keratin •certain, Curtin •Kirsten • Gethin • lecithin • Bleddyn •Gavin, ravin, ravine, savin, spavin •Alvin, Calvin •Marvin •Bevin, Kevin, levin, Previn, replevin •kelvin, Melvin •riboflavin • covin • Mervyn

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	Dustin Strelsky Named Texas Children's Miracle Network Champion Child. News Wire article from: PR Newswire; 12/29/2010
	Dustin Hoffman: Mr Nice Guy; Dustin Hoffman is living proof that huge talent... Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 2/22/2003
	Dustin's story. (teaching children with cerebral palsy) Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 11/1/1994