Thoren
A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning thunder; a form of Thor.
Thoren by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Thoren. In the US, 21 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Thor
Like Thoren, each of these traces back to Thor: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Thoren. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Thorinthunder; resembling thor the god150 in the US (2017)
- Torenrocky hill or mountain; a form of Toran9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Thornsharp point of a plant; thorny place7 in the US (2017)
- Thorsenson of thor; patronymic form5 in the US (2017)
- Theoren6 in the US (2017)
- Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Thoren
Names that are said the same way as Thoren, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Thornethorn; a thorny plant or place11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the wind
Like Thoren, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
- Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
- Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)
- Stormtempest or violent wind163 in the US (2017)
- Rudrathe roarer; hindu storm god66 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Thoren
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