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What does Thor mean?
Thor 
as a boys' name is pronounced thor. It is of Old Norse origin, and the meaning of Thor is "thunder". Mythology: Thor was the Norse god of thunder and power, one of the sons of Odin. Thursday was named for Thor. Explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
STARTS WITH Tho-
Variations
VARIANTS Thorian, Thorin, Thorsson, Thorvald, Tor, Tore, Torre, Tyrus
SEE ALSO Soren
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Thor Bo (T.B.), ..
How popular is Thor?
Thor is an uncommon first name for men but a very popular surname for all people (#12737 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Thor was first listed in 1950-1959 and reached its apex rank of #998 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, and is at #1590 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Soren (#559 FROM RECENT DATA), Thorin (#1306), Thorvald, Tor and Tyrus are the prominent varying forms of Thor (#1590). Usage of these forms of Thor was at its apex in the year 2015 and has remained as widespread to this day. Soren is the most trendy birth name in this list.
Similar Names
Thor is pronounced similarly to Thayer. Other recommended sound-alike names are Amor, Cor, Dor, Egor, Ifor, Igor, Ivor, Noor, Sior, Tabor, Tahir, Tahoe, Talor, Taos, Tavor, Tedor, Teo, Teom, Thad▼, Thaw, Theo▲, Theon, Thoby, Thole, Thom, Thoma, Thorn, Thorne, Thorp, Thorpe, Thu, Thurl, Tibor, Tod▼, Todor, Tom▼, Ton, Toon, Toro, Torr, Toru, Tory▼, Tov, Troi, Troy▼, Tsar, Tudor, Tylor▼, Tyr, Ygor and Yvor. These names tend to be more frequently used than Thor.
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