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What does Torrey mean?

Torrey Pronunciation of Torrey as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Torrey) is an Old Norse name, and the meaning of the name Torrey is "little hills; Thor". Torrey is an alternate spelling of Torrence (Irish, Gaelic): place name. Torrey is also a form of Torry (Old Norse).

ENDS WITH -ey

ASSOCIATED WITH norse, little, hills (mountain)

Variations

VARIANTS Torrie, Torey

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA TORRENCE, TORRY Tore, Torin, Torr, Torrens, Torrin

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Torrey Mordechai (T.M.), ..

How popular is Torrey?

Torrey is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#6601 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Torrey was first listed in 1960-1969 and reached its peak position of #602 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, but is not listed at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Torrey name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Torrey outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Torrey are Torin (#980 FROM RECENT DATA), Torey, Torrence and Torry. Other forms, like Torrin, are uncommon. Usage of these relations of Torrey was widespread 5 decades ago (AVERAGE #1195) and is somewhat lower today, with the form Torrey falling out of fashion. Torin is the most fashionable baby name in this list.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Torrey, Torey, Torin, Torrence, Torry in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Torrey and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Torrey is pronounced similarly to Terrey, Terri, Terrie, Terry, Torio, Toro, Torrio, Toru, Tory and Tyree. Other recommended sound-alike names are Barrey, Carrey, Corey, Corley, Corney, Correy, Corry, Courey, Cowrey (see Cowrie), Currey, Dorrel, Dorren, Dorsey, Garrey, Gerrey, Gorren, Horry, Jerrey (see Jerry), Jorey, Jorrel, Jorry, Kerrey, Korey, Korrey (see Kory), Korry, Larrey, Lorren, Lorry, Morey, Morley, Morrel, Morrey, Morrley (see Morley), Morry, Murrey, Parrey, Rorey, Rorry, Sorley, Sorrel, Tarren, Terrel, Thorley, Tobey, Tomey, Tommey, Toney, Tor, Toren, Torger, Torkel, Torran, Torre, Tower, Tre, Trey, Troy, True and Tyrrel. These names tend to be more commonly used than Torrey.

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