Given name & surname
Thurmond
“protected by Thor”
Thurmond is a variant of Thormond. One interpretation is “protected by Thor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thurmond is a variant of Thormond. One interpretation is “protected by Thor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Thurmond is a form of Thurman. Thurman comes from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thurmond through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,002
- 1,002 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 30 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1948. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 414 as a first name in 2020; 5,693 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.
Thurmond’s family of names
Thurmond has a related form in Thormond. In English usage, Thurmond as a surname has a related form in Thurman.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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