Thorin
Thorin is a boy name of Norse origin, meaning Bold; of thunder.
What Thorin means
Bold; of thunder.
Thorin sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Thorin comes from
Old Norse names are usually compounds drawn from the natural world, from battle, or from the gods, carried across northern Europe by Scandinavian settlement.
Thorin is recorded as Norse in origin. Browse other Norse names.
How popular is Thorin?
Thorin is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Thorin is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Thorin
We group Thorin under strength. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Strong
Names like Thorin
These share Thorin's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Bjorn — Bear.
- Thor — Thunder; god of thunder.
- Torsten — Thor's stone.
- Erik — Eternal ruler.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Sigurd — Guardian of victory.
- Sigrid — Beautiful victory.
- Gerda — Protection; enclosure.
- Sigrun — Secret victory.
- Solveig — Strength of the sun.
- Takeshi — Fierce, strong warrior.
- Tatsuya — Dragon; to accomplish.