Tor
A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning thunder; associated with Thor.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Tor by the numbers
Tor was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1965, making it a 1960s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tor. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Tor
Names that are said the same way as Tor, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Torretower7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the wind
Like Tor, 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)
- Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)
- Stormtempest or violent wind163 in the US (2017)