Given name
Thorald
“follower of Thor”
Thorald is used as a given name. One interpretation is “follower of Thor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “follower of Thor.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thorald through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1915. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thorald’s family of names
Thorald has a related form in Thorauld. Thorald has a related form in Thoraux. Thorald has a related form in Thoreau.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Thorvaldvariant
- Thoreauvariant
- Thorvidvariant
- Thorvauldvariant
- Thorervariant
- Thorauxvariant
- Toroldvariant
- Thoroldvariant
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