The thor Surname
thor Name Meaning and History
- Scandinavian (mainly Swedish): from a personal name, a short form of any of the various Scandinavian personal names containing the first element Thor (Old Norse þórr), the name of the god of thunder in Scandinavian mythology.
- English: from the Anglo-Scandinavian name þor, þur, probably short forms of Old Norse compound names in þór-, þúr- (see 1).
- German: habitational name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or a metonymic occupational name for someone responsible for guarding them, from Middle High German tor ‘gate’ (modern German Tor). Compare Portmann.
- German: nickname from Middle Low German dor, Middle High German tor ‘fool’; also ‘deaf person’.
- Southeast Asian: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Thomas Thor - founder of Thorsby Alabama |
 katherine_reece
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| THOR Adolph A 1891-19 |
t42Smithfield
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| THOR Inez H 1887-1941 |
t42Smithfield
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| Family Tree | Lilian Thor | 8 |
| Par Thor, Sweden, | e.kotter | 1 |
| Thor Straten, Cornils, Petersen, Bunde, Franzen, Apmann, Seeman, Schneemann, Hein, Oesau | kathrine | 3 |
| Thors in Washington State |
SopranoBrooke
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| PEDER JENS THOR NIELSEN |
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| LOOKING FOR A THOR BORN IN DETROIT MICHIGAN |
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| Thors in the Chicago area | Amy Thor Capers | 2 |
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