Details for the forename Tor

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Tor (male)


Variants:	Thor (M)
Diminutive for:	Thorbjørn (M) Torben (M) Torbern (M) Torbjörn (M) Torbjørn (M) Tord (M) Torger (M) Torkel (M) Torkil (M) Torkild (M) Torkjell (M) Torstein (M) Torsten (M) Torvald (M)
Pet Name for:	Torolf (M) Torolv (M) Torulf (M)
Derivative of:	Pórr (M)
Feminine form:	Thora (F) Tora (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scandinavian derivative of Old Norse Pórr, "Thor, god of thunder". Our of favour as a given name during the Middle Ages, Tor regained usage around 1800, either as a revival of Thor or as a short form of Tord. It is also a short form of a very large number of Scandinavian names beginning Tor- which were derived from Pórr. Some examples are given above.