Tor is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “fool and Indeed! He serves you in a peculiar way. The drink and food.” In England & Wales it was given to 5 boys in 2022.
Tor at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Scandinavian
Meaning
“fool and Indeed! He serves you in a peculiar way. The drink and food”
Pronunciation
/tɔːɹ/
About the name Tor
Tor belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “fool and Indeed! He serves you in a peculiar way. The drink and food” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Tor first appears in Social Security records in 1950. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1426 in 1965, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 869 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Tor means “fool and Indeed! He serves you in a peculiar way. The drink and food” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Is Tor a boy or girl name?
Tor is a boy name. In England & Wales, 5 babies received the name in 2022.
What origin is the name Tor?
Tor comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
How popular is the name Tor?
Tor first appears in US records in 1950. Its best-ever ranking was #1426 in 1965, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
How do you pronounce Tor?
Tor is pronounced /tɔːɹ/ (IPA).
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Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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