Toryn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Toryn by the numbers

Toryn was given to 39 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 30 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Toryn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Toryn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tobyngod is good; a form of Tobin8 in the US (2017)
  • Teryn15 in the US (2017)
  • Taranthunder or deity of thunder50 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tonyapriceless; a form of Antonya or Antonia23 in the US (2017)
  • Torievictory; a diminutive or variant of Victoria or Tory12 in the US (2017)
  • Torretower7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Toryn

Names that are said the same way as Toryn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Torinstern; thunder; a form of Torsten36 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Torenrocky hill or mountain; a form of Toran9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Torangateway or passage7 in the US (2017)
  • Torunnthor's beloved; maiden of thor5 in the US (2017)
  • Torransmall hills; a form of Torrance4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Torren32 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Toryn

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