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Norse
"thunder wolf, or twelve"
Derived from an Old Norse name meaning "thunder wolf", but long associated with the Swedish/Danish/Norwegian word tolv "twelve" and therefore given to the twelfth child of the family.
Swedish variation of Tore, Norse
"thunder"
Tore, which peaked in Norway in the 1940s, is now solidly in grandpa territory. But Ture, the Swedish variant, is a rising favorite among Swedish babes.
Danish, Icelandic
"thunder wolf, twelve"
Diminutive form of Tholf, itself derived from the Old Norse Þórulfr which gives you the cool meaning "thunder wolf". It coincides with the Icelandic word for "twelve".
Diminutive of Salvator, variation of Thor, Italian, Norse
"savior; thunder"
In Norway, a Grandpa Name.
Danish
Diminutive form of Tholf
Icelandic
"thunder island"
A traditional Icelandic name combined of the Old Norse elements ey , meaning "island," and Þor , "thunder." The Anglicized form is Eythor.
Scandinavian variation of Þórdís, Old Norse
"thunder goddess"
The modern form of Þórdís.
Anglicized variation of Eyþór, Icelandic
The phonetic spelling of Eyþór, without the thorn that would trip up many English-speakers.
Choctaw, Native American
Thunderous name with Native American origins.
An anglicised or dutchified spelling of the Icelandic name Eyþóra, brought to fame by the Dutch Olympic gymnast Eythora Elisabet Thorsdottir, whose parents are Icelandic.