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About the name Thor in particular

Gender:male
Languages of use:Scandinavian
US 2021 rank:not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:Thom, Thore, Tor     Details
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About Tor/Tora, the group of names with the same origin as Thor

Meaning/translation:thunder
Language of origin:Old Norse
Info about origin, male:modern form of Thor or Thorr
 in Norse mythology Thor, a son of Odin, is the god of strength, thunder and war
 the word for thunder goes back to Indoeuropean roots
Words:thorr = the thunder, the thunder god  Old Norse
 thunraz = the thunder  Germanic
 ten = to thunder  Indoeuropean
Topics:Germanic mythology
Variants' top ranks:14:Tor Norway 2015,  26:Tone Norway 2015,  36:Þóra Iceland 2015,  43:Thor Denmark 2015,  134:Tora Norway 2009
Old/original forms:Thor Old Norse, Thorr Old Norse
Name variants:Þóra, Tone, Tora, Thor, Tor   Sortable list   Details
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Popularity lists that contain the name Thor

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DenmarkGraph2017 48,  2016 45,  2015 43
NorwayGraph2022 153,  2021 1182020 134,  2019 147,  2018 132,  2017 139,  2016 144,  2015 161,  2014 123,  2013 158,  2012 174,  2011 174,  2008 182
SwedenGraph2019 99,  2018 96,  2017 96,  2016 92
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