# Eustace (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eustace/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “ancient name”, “also of christian saint”, “steadfast”, “stable”, “fruitful”, “abundant in grain” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈjuːˌstɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Stacey |
| Variant spellings | Eustis, Hustis |
| US babies named this | 705 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 705 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

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.

## What it means

Eustace is grouped under holy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | 8,618 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,308 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,176 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,273 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9,734 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,889 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,968 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,003 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,101 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,001 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,194 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,376 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,511 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,255 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,212 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Евстатий
- Esperanto: Eŭstako
- French: Eustache
- Greek: Ευστάθιος, Εύσταχυς
- Italian: Eustachio
- Japanese: ユースタス
- Latin: Eustachius
- Polish: Eustachy, Eustachiusz
- Portuguese: Eustáquio, Eustácio
- Russian: Евста́фий cognate, Аста́фий cognate, Ю́стас m English
- Spanish: Eustaquio
- Ukrainian: Оста́п

## People named Eustace

- Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, Count of Boulogne
- Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, Count of Boulogne from 1049 to 1087
- Eustace Mullins, American antisemitic populist writer, biographer, and Holocaust denier (1923–2010)
- Eustace Miles, English real tennis player (1868–1948)
- Eustace of Luxeuil, Abbot of Luxeuil
- Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle, British politician (1887-1958)
- Eric Williams, first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1911–1981)
- Eustache I Granier, Flemish Crusader, lord of Caesarea and Sidon
- Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet, British horticulturist and genealogist (1845-1937)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.