Torben Forename

23,079th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 38,224 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Torben Forename User-submission:

Torben is a male name, which means 'Thor's bear', 'bear of the Norse god Thor'. It is a Danish name and has many variants in many other North Germanic languages.

Torben Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark-29,2841:19337
Germany
100%
6,1711:15,666845
Norway
100%
4851:10,582901
United States
100%
4651:779,64917,766
Sweden
100%
3651:27,0081,722
Poland-1881:202,2723,614
England
100%
1661:334,9578,177
Canada
100%
1641:202,0337,681
Thailand
100%
1511:464,01222,609
Greenland-921:613137
Netherlands
100%
911:185,7377,248
Brazil
100%
701:3,060,51656,278
South Africa
100%
621:879,55935,041
Belgium
100%
531:216,7935,110
Switzerland
100%
511:161,0494,126
Estonia
100%
341:38,6882,486
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
New Zealand-261:174,4635,979
France
100%
241:2,769,59814,180
Spain
100%
181:2,584,99812,929
Australia-181:758,75710,216
Luxembourg
100%
141:40,2891,746
Austria
100%
141:608,1575,259
China-131:105,081,21464,899
Ireland-121:386,9605,608
Singapore-101:628,70512,270
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Italy
100%
71:8,723,15629,138
Philippines
100%
71:15,144,211189,875
Hungary
100%
71:1,398,8243,444
United Arab Emirates-71:1,021,71339,786
Scotland
100%
71:764,3388,248
Faroe Islands
100%
71:7,018922
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Ukraine
100%
61:7,583,31811,559
Malaysia
100%
51:6,089,988140,568
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
Russia
100%
31:48,077,90198,779
Finland
100%
31:1,827,72814,078
Mexico-21:62,072,21496,650
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Lithuania-21:1,475,9413,949
Latvia-21:1,007,8224,547
Dominica-21:37,736863
Greece-21:5,467,27417,678
Argentina-21:21,386,62229,627
India-21:607,438,9864,324,298
Bulgaria-21:3,495,19519,668
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428

Torben (101) may also be a surname.

Torben Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Torben is a male name, which means 'Thor's bear', 'bear of the Norse god Thor'. It is a Danish name and has many variants in many other North Germanic languages.

- tor.bs

The name Thorbjørn (Thorben, Torben) means 'bear of Thor'. Thor is the Norse god of thunder.

- deleted-115178

Torben Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorben922,044/
Torbenn922/
Torrben921/
Tarben83170/
Torbem8364/
Torbin8357/
Turben8316/
Terben8315/
Torwen836/
Toruen831/
Torbyn831/
Tharben7780/
Tarbeen779/
Thurben775/
Thorbem774/
Thorbin773/
Tarrben773/
Torbina772/
Turbent771/
Turbend771/
Ttorbin771/
Torbion771/
Tarbent771/
Thörben771/
Torweng771/
Thorbina711/
Teorbana711/
Tarwen673,178/
Tarbin67805/
Turbin6720/
Terbin6716/
Torwin6711/
Taruen675/
Tahrbn674/
Torbim673/
Torwyn672/
Turbne671/
Tarbna671/
Toruin671/
Tarbın671/
Turbyon621/
Thurbion571/

Torben Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Torben in the Russian language
Торбенtorben-

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