Given name
Torleik
“Thor, thunder”·“battle, play”
Torleik is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Torleik is built from elements meaning “Thor, thunder” and “battle, play”.
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How it developed
From Old Norse Þórlákr, built from Old Norse þórr (“Thor, thunder”) + leikr (“battle, play”).
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Torleik’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Torleik has a related form in Tolleik. In Norwegian usage, Torleik has a conventional equivalent in the German form Torlich.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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