Given name
Toralv
“elf, supernatural being”
Toralv is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “elf, supernatural being.” It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old Norse Þóralfr, built from Old Norse Þórr + alfr (“elf, supernatural being”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Toralv’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Toralv shares a linguistic root with the Faroese form Tórálvur.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Toralv
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