Tor
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-. From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Tor.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tor (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tor has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 23 |
| 1999 | 39 |
| 2000 | 27 |
| 2001 | 27 |
| 2002 | 28 |
| 2003 | 50 |
| 2004 | 38 |
| 2005 | 36 |
| 2006 | 52 |
| 2007 | 49 |
| 2008 | 65 |
| 2009 | 43 |
| 2010 | 50 |
| 2011 | 59 |
| 2012 | 55 |
| 2013 | 71 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 56 |
| 2016 | 61 |
| 2017 | 48 |
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2019 | 53 |
| 2020 | 45 |
| 2021 | 55 |
| 2022 | 51 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,760 |
| 2000 | 2,708 |
| 2001 | 2,661 |
| 2002 | 2,624 |
| 2003 | 2,606 |
| 2004 | 2,580 |
| 2005 | 2,533 |
| 2006 | 2,528 |
| 2007 | 2,518 |
| 2008 | 2,537 |
| 2009 | 2,514 |
| 2010 | 2,507 |
| 2011 | 2,542 |
| 2012 | 2,555 |
| 2013 | 2,578 |
| 2014 | 2,581 |
| 2015 | 2,594 |
| 2016 | 2,611 |
| 2017 | 2,612 |
| 2018 | 2,621 |
| 2019 | 2,646 |
| 2020 | 2,648 |
Tor in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tor.Hi! My name is Tor.
- Tor har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tor has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Tor kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Tor is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Tors mamma är lärare.Tor's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tors mamma is Tor's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Tor
How do you pronounce Tor in Swedish?
In IPA, Tor is /tuːr/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Tor mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse, short for names beginning with the Old Norse element Tor-. From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Danish and Norwegian Nynorsk Tor.
How popular is Tor in Sweden?
51 babies were named Tor in 2022. In 2020, 2,648 people in Sweden had Tor as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2013 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.