Given name
Þórir
Þórir is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic and Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
Þórir’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Þórir shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Tore. In Old Norse usage, Þórir has a later derivative in THURE. In Old Norse usage, Þórir has a later derivative in Ture.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Þórir
- Thorir HundNorwegian historical chieftain990–1035
- Þórir HergeirssonIcelandic handball coachborn 1964
- Þórir Jóhann HelgasonIcelandic association football playerborn 2000
- Þórir ÓlafssonIcelandic handball playerborn 1979
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