Thor Forename

30,691st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 26,432 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Thor Forename Definition:

A Scandinavian name, meaning: The great thunder god in that tongue, and therefore corresponding to our own title for the one deity.

Thor Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway
100%
11,2301:457119
United States
100%
4,4971:80,6183,852
South Sudan
100%
3,3561:3,442464
Denmark-1,8271:3,092451
Brazil
100%
1,1371:188,4228,586
Sweden
99%
 
1,0231:9,636858
Canada
100%
5311:62,3983,810
Philippines
99%
 
3941:269,06010,875
Afghanistan
 
58%
2081:156,8444,455
Malaysia
77%
 
1781:171,06710,319
Netherlands
100%
1661:101,8205,220
Cambodia
 
52%
1631:99,8364,427
Thailand
90%
 
1381:507,72323,963
Iceland
100%
1311:2,794426
England
100%
1301:427,7159,628
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
Spain
100%
1081:430,8335,897
Germany
100%
1011:957,2077,645
Australia-991:137,9564,338
Finland
100%
921:59,6001,855
Pakistan
100%
881:2,208,61029,081
South Africa
100%
831:657,02028,784
Mexico
100%
781:1,591,59510,464
India
52%
 
701:17,355,400430,897
New Zealand-551:82,4743,753
Laos-361:182,968231
Iraq
100%
341:1,029,9378,327
Belgium
100%
321:359,0646,694
Dominican Republic-251:417,25113,014
Singapore
50%
 
251:251,4829,031
Venezuela
100%
201:1,510,09528,853
China-191:71,897,67363,377
Chile
100%
181:978,1788,954
France
100%
151:4,431,35618,897
Indonesia-151:17,197,578460,669
Russia
100%
151:9,615,58037,191
Estonia
100%
141:93,9564,008
Italy
100%
141:4,361,57821,991
Scotland
100%
131:411,5675,527
Wales
100%
111:281,3014,460
Peru
100%
91:3,532,38429,289
Switzerland
100%
71:1,173,35712,989
Ukraine
100%
71:6,499,98710,516
Greece
100%
61:1,822,42510,706
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Czechia
95%
 
51:2,131,2325,044
Guatemala-51:3,221,6866,935
Kenya-51:9,261,42235,582
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Argentina
100%
41:10,693,31119,797
Faroe Islands
100%
41:12,2821,318
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
Taiwan
100%
41:5,942,42087,370
Turkey-41:19,450,42745,600
Ivory Coast
100%
31:7,691,97882,363
Monaco
100%
31:12,8221,634
Papua New Guinea
50%
 
31:2,717,438132,395
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
French Polynesia-11:277,9023,605
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Greenland-11:56,3711,395
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Sudan
100%
11:37,806,97510,689
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637

The alternate forms: Thór (1) are calculated separately.

Thor (20,847) may also be a surname.

Thor Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Scandinavian name, meaning: The great thunder god in that tongue, and therefore corresponding to our own title for the one deity.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Thor Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thór921/
Thore894,714/
Thoor8946/
Thour8933/
Thorr8933/
Thorh893/
Thoir892/
Thoyr891/
Thtor891/
Dthor891/
Tor8667,267/
Thorre807/
Thoure803/
Thordt802/
Thourt802/
Thuorh801/
Thoore801/
Tore7537,357/
Thar7525,796/
Tord7511,019/
Toor7510,125/
Tuor756,621/
Toir754,586/
Tahr751,320/
Tour75966/
Torr75181/
Torh75117/
Tort7574/
Torp7545/
Torø7528/
Torz7523/
Tgor7515/
Dtor7511/
Ttor7511/
Tohr7510/
Totr757/
Toyr757/
Htor753/
Thoheer736/
Thohier734/
Tahar67193,913/
Toure6745,123/
Torre673,687/
Tahrh671,466/
Thaar671,233/
Thare67165/
Tohur67146/
Tharh6799/
Tordh6758/
Toire6728/
Tharr6721/
Toyre6721/
Tahrt6712/
Toore677/
Tuore677/
Htour674/
Tosre674/
Toord674/
Torhe673/
Dtore673/
Tahhr672/
Thhar672/
Httor672/
Ttore672/
Toirp671/
Taahr671/
Toorh671/
Toorp671/
Tuohr671/
Touhr671/
Toojr671/
Tathr671/
Toutr671/
Tohrd671/
Htorp671/
Theur671/
Thaër671/
Tahrr671/
Tahrz671/
Torrz671/
Tourd671/
Tourt671/

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