Given name & surname · also Danish
Turo
Turo is a masculine given name from Danish, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in Finnish, Tagalog, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Turo comes from Danish, and ultimately from Swedish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Turo is a diminutive of Arturo. In Finnish usage, Turo developed from Ture.
The story
Turo 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.
Explained through its name family
Turo’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Turo is a diminutive of Arturo. In Finnish usage, Turo developed from the Swedish form Ture. Turo has a related form in Thor.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Turo has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Swedishwhere Turo comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
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 Turo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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