Given name & surname
Thorne
“from the thorn bush”
Thorne is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the thorn bush.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the thorn bush.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thorne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 465
- 465 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,614 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +34%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,614 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 438 as a first name in 2020; 18,097 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thorne’s family of names
Thorne has a related form in Thorn. In English usage, Thorne as a surname has a related form in Thorn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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