The toren Surname
toren Name Meaning and History
- Dutch (Van Toren): habitational or topographic name from Middle Dutch to(o)rn, tor(r)en ‘tower’, which has given rise to many place names (compare Torre).
- Swedish: ornamental name from the personal name Tor (see Thor 3) + the common adjectival suffix -en, from Latin -enius ‘descendant of’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from the city of Torun in Poland, called Thorn in German.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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