Given name

Thyge

Thyge is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Danish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Thyge comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

In Danish use, Thyge has a related form in Thor. The history of Thor gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Thor is associated with the god of thunder.

Explained through its name family

Thyge’s family of names

In Danish usage, Thyge shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Teijo. In Danish usage, Thyge has a related form in Thor. Thyge has a surname derivative in THYGESEN.

Walk Thyge’s family in the name graph

ThygeThorTygeTeijoThygesen

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Thyge

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Thyge, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Norse · Mythological

Jord

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Swedish · Mythological

Turo

Turo is a masculine given name from Danish, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Finnish, Tagalog, and Cebuano.

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Old Norse · Mythological

Thorvald

“follower of Thor”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Old Norse · Mythological

Tore

Tore is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk.

0Not recently recorded

88% boys · 12% girls

Mythological

Thetysse

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Thetisse

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Thusah

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Theena

“wise”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Thyge’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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