Given name
Torfinn
“Thor”
Torfinn is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “Thor" + "Finn" or "Sami.” It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old Norse Þorfinnr (“Thor" + "Finn" or "Sami”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Torfinn’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Torfinn
- Thorfinn the Mighty11th-century Earl of Orkney1009–1065
- Thorfinn of HamarNorwegian bishop and saint
- Torfinn OpheimNorwegian politicianborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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