The torrens Surname
torrens Name Meaning and History
- Catalan: respelling of Torrents, a topographic name for someone living by the course of a torrent, from the plural of Catalan torrent ‘mountain stream’, ‘torrent’ (Latin torrens).
- Scottish and northern Irish: variant spelling of Torrence.
- Dutch: patronymic from a reduced pet form of the personal names Victor or Hector (see Hector).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Margaret Torrens |
 Awoodruff58
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| Thomas Hall Torrens | Christi K.Spode | 7 |
| Torrens-Benabe Family Tree:Puerto Rico | Juan E. Santiago-Rivera | 4 |
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torrance37
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| Mary Torrens Ontario |
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| William J Torrens |
thetorrensfamily
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| Joseph Torrens, CA to PA |
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| TORRENS/KLOPP | Bev Hopkins | 0 |
| TORRENS/TORRANS in NC, USA |
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