Given name & surname

Thomsen

Thomsen is a surname from Danish. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Thomsen comes from Danish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Danish Thomsen.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Thomsen’s family of names

In German usage, Thomsen as a surname has a related form in Thomas. In German usage, Thomsen as a surname has a related form in Thompson. In Danish usage, Thomsen as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thomason.

Walk Thomsen’s family in the name graph

ThomsenThomasThompsonThompsenThomason

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

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Nicknames & forms 3

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 Thomsen, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Norwegian · Modern

Thorsen

Thorsen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

14Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Norwegian

Ottesen

Ottesen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian.

No U.S. birth series

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Danish

Olesen

Olesen is a surname from Danish. It is used in English and Danish.

No U.S. birth series

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Danish · Modern

Olsen

Olsen is a surname from Danish. It is used in English, Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and 1 other language.

35RareRising fast

99% boys · 1% girls

Norwegian

Jonsen

Jonsen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

Danish

Johnsen

Johnsen is a surname from Danish. It is used in English, Danish, Icelandic, and Norwegian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Danish · Modern

Thorben

“Thor” · “bear”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Old Norse · Modern

Torben

“thor's bear”

28RareRising

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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