Names Derived From "Thor"
Masculine
Thoraalf
Thorfinn
Thorgeir
Thorir
Thorleif
Thorolf
Thorstein
Thorvald
Feminine
Thora
Thordis
Thorgerd
Thorunn
In Mother Of Kings, there are:
2 Thorfinns
2 Thorirs
3 Thorolfs
3 Thorsteins
3 Thoras
3 Thorgerds
1 each of the remaining 6
Thus, 22 individuals with Thor- names, although one is a goddess or valkyrie, not a human being.
2 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Which goes to show that Thor was among the most popular of the Scandinavian pagan gods in pre-Christian Norway and Iceland. New names derived from Christianity came to be used as that faith spread to those lands: "Jon" and "Pal" for "John" and "Paul."
Sean
Then there is Thorium.
See also in 'Uncleftish Beholding' - Ymirstuff
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