Given name & surname
Thorburn
“thor's bear”
Thorburn is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “thor's bear.”
Original Old NorseÞórbjǫrn
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “thor's bear.”
Where it comes from
Thorburn comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Thorburn developed from Þórbjǫrn.
Thorburn’s family of names
In English usage, Thorburn developed from the Old Norse form Þórbjǫrn. Thorburn has a related form in Torben. Thorburn has a related form in Torbjorn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Torbenvariant
- Torbjornvariant
- Thorbjornvariant
- Thurlbournvariant · English
- Thurbonvariant · English
- Torburnvariant
- Torbernvariant
- Torborgvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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