Eustace
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Eustace is the rendition in English of two phonetically similar Greek given names:
Equivalents in other languages include Ostap
(Ukrainian) Eustachy (Polish, Russian), Yevstaphiy (Russian), Eustachio (Italian), Eustache or Eustathe (French), and Eustice (English).
The Greek Eústachys is no longer used; Eustáthios (usually transliterated Efstáthios) on the other hand is still popular and often used in the informal or diminutive (Státhis).
It may refer to the following:
- Εὔσταχυς (Eústachys) meaning "fruitful", "fecund"; literally "abundant in grainGRAINGRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems. Our support takes the form of independent research and analysis, networking at local, regional and...
""; its LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
equivalents are Fæcundus/Fecundus - Εὐστάθιος (Eustáthios) meaning "steadfast", "stable"; literally "possessing good stability"; its exact LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
equivalents are ConstansConstansConstans , was Roman Emperor from 337 to 350. He defeated his brother Constantine II in 340, but anger in the army over his personal life and preference for his barbarian bodyguards saw the general Magnentius rebel, resulting in Constans’ assassination in 350.-Career:Constans was the third and...
and its derivatives, ConstantiusConstantiusConstantius may refer to:*Constantius I, Roman emperor 305–306*Constantius II, Roman emperor 337–361*Constantius III, Roman co-emperor in 421* Constantius , consul in 327...
and ConstantinusConstantine (name)Constantine is a masculine given name and surname which is derived from the Latin name Constantinus, a hypocoristic of the first names Constans and Constantius, both meaning "constant, steadfast" in Latin. The names are the Latin equivalents of the Greek name Eustáthios, meaning the same...
Equivalents in other languages include Ostap
Ostap
Ostap is a male given name used predominantly in Eastern European . It is derived from the Greek Eustathius.Among people with this name are:-People:* Ostap Bender, a fictional character from the Russian novel The Twelve Chairs....
(Ukrainian) Eustachy (Polish, Russian), Yevstaphiy (Russian), Eustachio (Italian), Eustache or Eustathe (French), and Eustice (English).
The Greek Eústachys is no longer used; Eustáthios (usually transliterated Efstáthios) on the other hand is still popular and often used in the informal or diminutive (Státhis).
It may refer to the following:
Given name
- Eustace I of BoulogneEustace I of BoulogneEustace I, count of Boulogne, was a son of Count Baldwin II of Boulogne and Adelina of Holland. He held the county from 1046 until his death in 1049.-Family and children:...
- Eustace II of BoulogneEustace II of BoulogneEustace II, , also known as Eustace aux Gernons was count of Boulogne from 1049–1087, fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards received a large honour in England. He is one of the few proven Companions of William the Conqueror.He was the son of Eustace I...
- Eustace III of BoulogneEustace III of BoulogneEustace III, was a count of Boulogne, successor to his father Count Eustace II of Boulogne. His mother was Ida of Lorraine.His father Eustace II appeared at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 as an ally of William the Conqueror, and is listed as a possible killer of Harold II; he is also believed to...
- Eustace IV of BoulogneEustace IV of BoulogneEustace IV was a Count of Boulogne and the son and heir of King Stephen of England. He became the Heir Apparent to his father's lands by the death of an elder brother before 1135, and inherited Boulogne through his mother, Matilda of Boulogne.In 1137, he did homage for Normandy to Louis VII of...
- Eustace, Dean of SalisburyEustace, Dean of SalisburyEustace was the twenty-third Lord Chancellor of England, from 1197 to 1198. He was also Dean of Salisbury and Bishop of Ely.-Early life:...
, Bishop of ElyBishop of ElyThe Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its see in the City of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the...
and Lord Chancellor of England - Eustace of FauconbergEustace of FauconbergEustace of Fauconberg was a medieval English Bishop of London from 1221 to 1228 and was also Lord High Treasurer.-Biography:Eustace was the son of Walter de Fauconberg of Rise-in-Holderness in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire....
- Eustace of LuxeuilEustace of LuxeuilSaint Eustace of Luxeuil , also known as Eustasius, was the second abbot of Luxeuil from 611. He succeeded his teacher Saint Columbanus, to whom he had been a favourite disciple and monk. He had been the head of the monastic school....
(Eustasius) - Eustace of Vilnius
- Eustace the MonkEustace the MonkEustace the Monk was a mercenary and pirate, in the tradition of medieval outlaws.-Early life:Eustace was born a younger son of Baudoin Busket, a lord of the county of Boulogne...
(c. 1170-1217), mercenary and pirate - Saint EustaceSaint EustaceSaint Eustace, also known as Eustachius or Eustathius, was a legendary Christian martyr who lived in the 2nd century AD. A martyr of that name is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, which, however, judges that the legend recounted about him is "completely fabulous." For that reason...
(died 118), Christian martyr - Eustace or Eustathius of MtskhetaEustathius of MtskhetaEustathius or Eustace of Mtskheta is an Orthodox Christian saint, executed for his apostasy from Zoroastrianism by the Persian military authorities in Georgia...
(died c. 550), Orthodox Christian saint - Eustace ConwayEustace ConwayEustace Conway is an American naturalist and the subject of the book The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert and the subject of an early episode of the weekly radio show This American Life...
, American naturalist - Eustace FolvilleEustace Folville]Eustace Folville was the leader of a robber band active in Leicestershire and Derbyshire in the first half of the 14th century. With four of his younger brothers, he was responsible for two of the most notorious crimes of early 14th century England: no mean achievement, considering the same...
, English outlaw - Eustace JohnEustace JohnEustace John , Nevisian-born Deputy Governor-General of Nevis, was sworn into office in 1992. He is the second person to have served as deputy Governor-General of Nevis, preceded only by Weston Parris , who served from 1983 until 1992....
, Governor-General of NevisNevisNevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies... - Eustace MilesEustace MilesEustace Hamilton Miles was a British real tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was the grandson of Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet by his son Captain William Henry Miles, J.P. and Mary Frances Miles, née Charleton...
- Eustace MullinsEustace MullinsEustace Clarence Mullins, Jr. was a populist American political writer, biographer, and antisemite. His most famous and influential work is The Secrets of The Federal Reserve, described by congressman Wright Patman as 'a very fine book [which] has been very useful to me'...
, American writer - Eustace George Willis, British politician
Surname
- Adam EustaceAdam EustaceAdam Eustace is an English rugby union footballer. A former pupil of St Peter's High School in Gloucester, his regular position is as a lock. He re-signed to Gloucester Rugby in the summer of 2008, having been released by the Scarlets.-External links:**...
, English Rugby player - Arnhim EustaceArnhim EustaceArnhim Ulric Eustace is a Vincentian politician and economist, who was the third Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and is the current leader of the New Democratic Party ....
, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean.... - Bartholomew J. EustaceBartholomew J. EustaceBartholomew Joseph Eustace was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Camden from 1938 until his death in 1956.-Early life and priesthood:...
, American Roman Catholic bishop - Cristina EustaceCristina EustaceCristina Eustace is a Mexican singer better known for being the winner of the fifth season of Objetivo Fama, a Puerto Rican television singing talent contest in the form of a reality show, broadcast by Telefutura in USA and by Univision Puerto Rico.-Early years:Cristina Rascón was born in...
- Dudley EustaceDudley EustaceDudley Eustace is an English businessman, having had many executive functions in Dutch companies. He is well known for his restructuring work being finance director of Philips and Ahold....
- John EustaceJohn EustaceJohn Mark Eustace is an English footballer who plays for Watford as a central midfielder. He has previously been contracted to Coventry City and Stoke City, and has spent time on loan at Dundee United, Middlesbrough, Hereford United and Derby County.-Coventry City:Born in Solihull, Eustace began...
, English football player - John Chetwode EustaceJohn Chetwode EustaceJohn Chetwode Eustace was an Anglo-Irish Catholic priest and antiquary.-Life:His family was English, his mother being one of the Chetwodes of Cheshire. He was educated at Sedgley Park School, and after 1774 at the Benedictine house, St. Gregory's, Douai...
- Mary Jo EustaceMary Jo EustaceMary Jo Eustace is a Canadian actress, singer and sous-chef best known as co-host of the Canadian cooking TV series What's for Dinner? and, more recently, as the former wife of Dean McDermott....
- Maurice EustaceMaurice EustaceMaurice Eustace was an Irish soldier, secretly ordained a Roman Catholic priest, and hanged as a traitor.-Life:He was the eldest son of Sir John Eustace, Castlemartin, County Kildare. He was sent to be educated at the Jesuit college at Bruges in Flanders. There, after the completion of his secular...
, several people so named - Peter EustacePeter EustacePeter Eustace is an English former football player and manager. As a player, he made 340 appearances in the Football League representing Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Rotherham United and Peterborough United...
, English football player - Stuart EustaceStuart EustaceStuart Malcolm Eustace, born 3 May 1979 in Birmingham, is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper who started playing Twenty20 cricket in 2005 for Warwickshire. He has also played Minor Counties cricket for Devon and has played in one first-class match for...
- Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount BaltinglassThomas Eustace, 1st Viscount BaltinglassThomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass was born circa 1480. He was the son of Richard Eustace and Anne Eustace.1 He married Margaret Talbot, daughter of Peter Talbot and Catherine FitzGerald. He died on 31 July 1549....
Fictional characters
- Eustace Clarence Scrubb, The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages...
- Eustace Strytch, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusThe Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, often shortened to just Jimmy Neutron, is an American animated television series, and spin-off of the Academy Award-nominated computer-animated movie, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The series first officially aired on July 20, 2002, on Nickelodeon...
- Eustace Bagge, Courage the Cowardly DogCourage the Cowardly DogCourage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic dog named Courage who lives with his owners, Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly, married farming couple in the "Middle of...
- Eustace Tilley, The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
magazine character - Commissioner Eustace Dolan, The SpiritThe SpiritThe Spirit is a crime-fighting fictional character created by writer-artist Will Eisner. He first appeared June 2, 1940 in "The Spirit Section", the colloquial name given to a 16-page Sunday supplement, distributed to 20 newspapers by the Register and Tribune Syndicate and reaching five million...
1940s comic strip character