Given name & surname
Thure
Thure is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Thure is a short form of Tor. An origin associated with Tor is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Thure is a short form of Tor. In Swedish usage, Thure developed from Þórir.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thure through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 7 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 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1915.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thure’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Thure is a short form of Tor. In Swedish usage, Thure developed from the Old Norse form Þórir. In German usage, Thure has a related form in THORE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Thure has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
People named Thure
- Thure LindhardtDanish actorborn 1974
- Thure SjöstedtOlympic wrestler (1903-1956)
- Thure AhlqvistSwedish boxer1907–1983
- Thure AnderssonSwedish wrestler (1907–1976)
- Thure JohanssonOlympic wrestler (1912–1986)
- Thure RiefensteinGerman actor and film directorborn 1965
- Thure LindgrenSwedish ski jumper (1921-2005)
- Thure de ThulstrupSwedish-born American illustrator (1848–1930)
- Thure von UexküllGerman semiotician (1908–2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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