Leofstan
Leofstan is an Anglo-Saxon masculine name composed of leof (dear) and stan (stone).
Variants:
Leofstan [Rogers Ruding 1817 Annals of the Coinage of Britain and its Dependencies, 1st edition, 1: 273].
Leuestanus [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 159].
Leuestinus [Sir Henry Ellis 1833 A General Introduction to Domesday Book 2: 160].
Leófstán [John Kemble 1840 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 2: 388].
Lēofstān [John Gover, Sir Allen Mawer, & Sir Frank Stenton 1934 English Place-Name Society 11: 401].
Lepstan(us) [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 201].
Lepstan’ [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 201].
Lippestanus [Percy Reaney 1958 A Dictionary of Surnames, 1st edition, page 201].
Leofstegen [Veronica Smart 1987 Anglo-Saxon England 16: 272].
Léofstán [Oswin Kinsey 2016 English Compound Names, 2nd edition, page 76].
Leofstān [Keith Briggs 2021 An index to personal names in English place-names, 1st edition, page 191].
Note:
Forms ending with -us are Latinizations.
Prototheme:
leof = dear [Robert Ferguson 1883 Surnames as a Science, page 57].
Deuterotheme:
Stan = Sᴛᴏɴᴇ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 167].
Usage:
A deacon named Leofstan witnessed a charter issued by Archbishop Osweald of York in 965: “✠ Leofstan diaconus” [John Kemble 1840 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 2: 410 (number 517)].
