Given name

Tallak

“Thor, thunder”·“battle, play”

Tallak is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Tallak is built from elements meaning “Thor, thunder” and “battle, play”.

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Where it comes from

Tallak comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Þórlákr, built from Old Norse þórr (“Thor, thunder”) + leikr (“battle, play”).

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Tallak’s family of names

In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Tallak has a related form in TORLAK. In Norwegian usage, Tallak has a conventional equivalent in the German form Torlich.

Walk Tallak’s family in the name graph

TallakTorlakTorlich

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

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

Similar names

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

Old Norse

Tollak

“Thor, thunder” · “battle, play”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Aslac

“god” · “play, practise”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Tasgall

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Tarjer

“thunder” · “spear”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Tarjei

“thunder” · “spear”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Torleik

“Thor, thunder” · “battle, play”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Targeir

“thunder” · “spear”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Tarje

“thunder” · “spear”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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