Thor

Where Thor comes from

Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.
— Wiktionary's entry for Thor
  • Germanic
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,205 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1914
    Thor Heyerdahl born
    Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer
  3. 1968
    Peak, #877
    67 babies named Thor — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1978
    Thor Hushovd born
    Norwegian cyclist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
Namesakes
  • Thor Heyerdahl · Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer, 1914–2002
  • Thor Hushovd · Norwegian cyclist, born 1978
  • Thor Vilhjálmsson · Icelandic writer, 1925–2011
  • Thor Kristensen · Danish rower, born 1980
  • Thor Henning · swimmer, 1894–1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.