Thorne

Thorne is a boy name of English origin, meaning From the thorn bush.

What Thorne means

From the thorn bush.

Thorne sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Thorne comes from

English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.

Thorne is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.

How popular is Thorne?

You will not find Thorne in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

The character of Thorne

The thread we file Thorne under is the natural world — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Nature

Names like Thorne

These share Thorne's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Ashton — Town of ash trees.
• Bear — Strong and brave as a bear.
• Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
• Bradley — Broad meadow.
• Brayden — Broad meadow; brave.
• Camden — Winding valley.
• Canyon — A deep gorge in the earth.
• Colt — A young, spirited horse.
• Dale — From the valley.
• Drake — Dragon.
• Falcon — The swift bird of prey.
• Forest — Of the woods.

More English names

• Tatum — Cheerful; brings joy.
• Tobin — God is good.
• Talon — Claw; sharp and keen.
• Treasure — Something precious and valued.
• Sybil — A prophetess; seer.
• True — Genuine, loyal and real.
• Sutton — From the southern town.
• Wade — At the river crossing.
• Sunny — Bright and cheerful as the sun.
• Walker — A walker of cloth; a fuller.