Given name

Þóra

Þóra is a feminine given name. It is used in Icelandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Þóra comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Þóra.

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Þóra’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Þóra shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Tora.

Walk Þóra’s family in the name graph

ÞóraThoraTora

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Þóra, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Öda

“wealth”

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Old Norse

Toura

Toura is a surname, possibly from Old Norse. It is used in Finnish.

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Old Norse

Arnóra

Arnóra is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% girls

Old Norse · Modern

Eira

“relief”

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Oddrún

Oddrún is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Onstad

“farmstead”

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Old Norse

Ormsby

“village”

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Old Norse

Oddlaug

“sharp point”

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Þóra’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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