Given name
Snorre
“attack, onslaught”
Snorre is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “attack, onslaught.” It is used in Norwegian.
Original Old NorseSnorri
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Snorre developed from SNORRI.
Snorre’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Snorre developed from the Old Norse form SNORRI.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Snorre
- Snorre Westvold RuchNorwegian metal guitarist and composerborn 1972
- Snorre ValenNorwegian musician and politicianborn 1984
- Snorre PedersenNorwegian skeleton racerborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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