Nordic names, which references a larger number of Scandinavian onomasticons has
Styrbiǫrn
Styrfastr
Styrger (13th C)
Styrgerður (recent)
Styrkollr
Styrkárr
StyrlaugR
StyrlakR
a couple of these exist in Saxon records, probably as the Danish names of English moneyers. According to Cleasby styr is a poetic euphemism for "war, battle" in compounds.
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