The story behind Thor
Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.
Other language forms and explanations (1)
Danish entry
From Old Norse Þórr
Pronunciation
Canada, General-American: /θoɹ/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Received-Pronunciation: /θɔː/
- Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /θoː/
- Scotland: /θɔɾ/
- Danish: /toːr/
- Danish: [tˢoɐ̯ˀ]
Popularity
Thor ranked #2875 in US for 2025.
Source: SSA national baby names
Names Similar to Thor
Tor
From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Tor.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Auður
From Old Norse Auðr, from Proto-Germanic *Audī, likely identical to Old Norse auðr (“fate, fortune”). From Old Norse Auðr, proper name use of auðr (“wealth”) ( > Icelandic…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Freyr
From Old Norse Freyr. Used as a given name since 1910.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Geir
From Old Norse Geirr, from geirr (“spear”) (whence also geir).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Hlér
From Old Norse hlér (“the sea”), Hlér (proper name, an alternate name of Ægir and namesake of the island Hlésey according to the Prose Edda), from Proto-Norse *ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᛉ…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Þór
From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, and Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish Tor.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Thor
Ada
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace. a…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ari
Of the first sense, derives directly from Hebrew: אֲרִי (arí, “lion”); compare Yiddish: לייב (leyb, “Leib”), English: Leo, Leon, French: Léo, Léon, Czech: Lev, Polish: Lew,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ava
A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Thor
Ada
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace. a…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection
Adel
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. The female name is a rare variant of Adele. The surname is borrowed from German Adel. Variant of Adil, from Arabic عَادِل (ʕādil).
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection
Anne
From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection