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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