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Norse
"Thor the warrior"
Pleasant surname connected to humorist James Thurber, with a sound as happy as a baby's gurgle.
"defended by Thor"
Found as a first name primarily in baseball books giving the stats on the late New York Yankee Thurman Munson.
Old Norse diminutive
"Thor"
Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish
"Thor + beautiful"
"Finn of Thor"
An ancient Norse name that is still in regular use in the Orkney Islands in Scotland. A famous historical bearer is Thorfinn Sigurdsson (or Thorfinn the Mighty), an 11th century Earl of Orkney.
Variant of Thorfinn
Variation of Turid, Norwegian
"Thor is beautiful"
This little-known Norwegian gem is a spelling variation of Turid — a popular name in 1940s Norway. With other Scandinavian choices such as Lumi and Juni heating up in the US, Turi could be an…
Norwegian from Old Norse
Popular in mid-century Norway, Turid was ultimately derived from the Old Norse name Þórfríðr, from Þórr , "Thor," and fríðr , "beautiful." Turi is a more contemporary spelling, connected to aviator…