Eustace
Eustace is the rendition in English of two phonetically similar Greek language|Greek] given names:
- Εὔσταχυς meaning "fruitful", "fecund"; literally "abundant in grain"; its Latin equivalents are Fæcundus/Fecundus
- Εὐστάθιος meaning "steadfast", "stable"; literally "possessing good stability"; its exact Latin equivalents are Constans and its derivatives, Constantius and Constantinus.
The Greek Eústachys is no longer used; Eustáthios/Ευστάθιος on the other hand is still popular and often used in the informal or diminutive Στάθης.
Eustis is a variant spelling.
Notable people with the name
Given name
Ancient era
- Saint Eustace, Christian martyr
- Eustace or Eustathius of Mtskheta, Orthodox Christian saint
- Eustace of Luxeuil, saint and Abbot of Luxeuil
Medieval era
- Eustace I of Boulogne, father of Eustace II
- Eustace II of Boulogne, companion of William the Conqueror, fought at the Battle of Hastings
- Eustace III of Boulogne, rebelled against King William II of England, son of Eustace II
- Eustace IV of Boulogne, eldest son of King Stephen of England
- Eustace (Bishop of Ely), Lord Chancellor of England
- Eustace de Balliol, Lord of Balliol
- Eustace Chapuys, Ambassador for the Holy Roman Empire in the English Court during the reign of Henry VIII
- Eustace of Fauconberg, Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer
- Eustace Folville, English outlaw
- Eustace fitz John, magnate in northern England
- Eustace Grenier, crusader lord and Constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Eustace the Monk, mercenary and pirate
- Eustace de Vesci, English lord of Alnwick Castle, leader of the First Baron's War against King John I of England
- Eustace of Vilnius, saint and martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Eustathius of Ethiopia, Ethiopian saint who advocated for Sabbath observance
Modern era
- Eustace Akwei, Ghanaian doctor and politician
- Lord Eustace Cecil, British politician
- Eustace Conway, American naturalist
- Eustace John, Governor-General of Nevis
- Eustace Lycett, British special effects artist
- Eustace Miles, British real tennis player
- Eustace Mullins, American writer
- Eustace George Willis, British politician
Surname
Eustace is a Dalcassian surname.- Adam Eustace, English rugby union player
- Alan Eustace, American computer scientist, record holder for a Stratosphere Jump
- Arnhim Eustace, Vincentian politician, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Arthur Eustace, New Zealand former sprinter, athletics coach and administrator
- Bartholomew J. Eustace, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Cristina Eustace, Mexican singer
- Dudley Eustace, English businessman, director of Dutch companies
- Frank Eustace, American baseball player
- James Eustace, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass, Anglo-Irish Catholic noble rebel
- Jean Eustache, French filmmaker
- John Chetwode Eustace, Anglo-Irish Catholic priest and antiquary
- John Eustace, English football player
- John Thomas Eustace, politician of the Cape Colony
- Sir Joseph Lambert Eustace, Vincentian educator, businessman and politician
- Katharine Eustace, New Zealand skeleton racer
- Mary Jo Eustace, Canadian actress, singer and sous chef
- Peter Eustace, English football player
- Robert Eustace, pen name of Eustace Robert Barton, English doctor and author
- Rowland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass, Anglo-Irish Catholic noble
- Scott Eustace, English footballer
- Stuart Eustace, English cricketer
- Thomas Eustace, 1st Viscount Baltinglass, Anglo-Irish Catholic noble loyalist
- Tim Eustace, American chiropractor and politician
Fictional characters
- Eustace Bagge, the farmer from the 1999 TV series Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Sir Eustace Brackenstall, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Commissioner Eustace Dolan, The Spirit 1940s comic strip character
- Ethne Eustace, The Four Feathers
- Eustace Clarence Scrubb, from The Chronicles of Narnia
- Eustace Strytch, from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
- Eustace Tilley, The New Yorker magazine character
- Eustace Wooster, cousin of Bertie Wooster, in P. G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves
- Eustace Winner, from Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit