Given name & surname
Tore
Tore is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Original Old NorseÞórir
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
From Old Norse Þórir, from Proto-Germanic *Þunrawīhaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tore is a variant of Thor. The history of Thor gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Thor is associated with the god of thunder.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 92
- 81 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 14 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 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 347 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tore’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Tore shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form TUURE. Tore has a related form in Thor. In Norwegian usage, Tore has a related form in Tor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tore has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Tore comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tore
- Tore PedersenNorwegian association football playerborn 1969
- Tore André FloNorwegian association football playerborn 1973
- Tore KellerSwedish association football player (1905-1988)
- Tore Sjöstrandathletics competitor (1921-2011)
- Tore BergerNorwegian canoeist1944–2026
- Tore ReginiussenNorwegian association football playerborn 1986
- Tore SvenssonSwedish footballer (1927-2002)
- Tore HolmSwedish yacht designer, boatbuilder, and sailor (1896–1977)
- Tore ErikssonOlympic biathlete (1937-2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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