Given name
Truls
“Thor”
Truls is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “Thor" + "pledge.” It is used in Swedish and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
Truls’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Truls shares a linguistic root with the Danish form TROELS. In Norwegian usage, Truls has a related form in TROELS.
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.
People named Truls
- Truls MöregårdhSwedish table tennis playerborn 2002
- Truls MørkNorwegian cellistborn 1961
- Truls KorsæthNorwegian bicycle racerborn 1993
- Truls Ove KarlsenNorwegian alpine skierborn 1975
- Truls GisselmanSwedish cross-country skierborn 2001
- Truls Sønstehagen JohansenNorwegian Nordic combined skierborn 1991
- Truls WickholmNorwegian politicianborn 1978
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