Thore
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a less common spelling of Tore.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Thore (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Thore has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 679 |
| 2000 | 661 |
| 2001 | 653 |
| 2002 | 638 |
| 2003 | 623 |
| 2004 | 611 |
| 2005 | 596 |
| 2006 | 602 |
| 2007 | 589 |
| 2008 | 584 |
| 2009 | 571 |
| 2010 | 559 |
| 2011 | 555 |
| 2012 | 551 |
| 2013 | 545 |
| 2014 | 548 |
| 2015 | 546 |
| 2016 | 531 |
| 2017 | 527 |
| 2018 | 525 |
| 2019 | 519 |
| 2020 | 527 |
Thore in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Thore.Hi! My name is Thore.
- Thore ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Thore called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Thore har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Thore has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Thores mamma är lärare.Thore's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Thores mamma is Thore's mum.
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Questions about Thore
How do you pronounce Thore in Swedish?
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What does the name Thore mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a less common spelling of Tore.
How popular is Thore in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Thore in 2022. In 2020, 527 people in Sweden had Thore as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.