Given name
Torbjorn
“thor's bear”
Torbjorn is a variant of Thorburn. One interpretation is “thor's bear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Torbjorn is a variant of Thorburn. One interpretation is “thor's bear.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Torbjorn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 6 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Torbjorn’s family of names
Torbjorn has an affectionate form in Tobbe. Torbjorn has a related form in Thorburn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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