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I really love the name Tor and DP and I both like it if we were to have another Son.

Wondering though if we would have to keep explaining the name.

No, I don't think so. Maybe might get confused with Thor?

Like it

Love Torgeir

Wouldn't really be confusing it with Thor as it is the same person.

Torgeir is a brilliant name but I think he would spend his whole life trying to explain the pronunciation.

Torin?

Not too fond of that tbh.

What is the pronunciation if not tor as is spelt?

Like door with a T.

I think Tor just on it's on is great as well. It makes me think of Dartmoor and lovely rugged Scandinavian stuff. DH vetoed it for our DS though as it made him think of Torquay.

I know a Tor - great name and goes well with Eirik.

@ Torquay! I will have to make sure DP doesn't see that, I don't want him to change his mind.

I really do love the name, I just worry a bit about him maybe having to correct people on how they pronounce it a lot.

I already have to correct a lot of people with Eirik, we had one nurse call him "ear ache". And we have also had the "you've made that spelling up and it is stupid" tripe.

I just want to make sure we would be making the right decision.

Shoob I'm liking it more and more, I think it will definitely be used if this one is a boy.

I love it! It's on my list.

Love torgeir, torleif and Torfinn (used in Shetland as Thorfinn).
Great names all, I'd put one of the longer ones on his bc and call him Tor day to day

(Guessing you have Norwegian connections?) Scandinavian names are generally awesome.

Love it.

I think Tor would be easy for English speakers to pronounce. Although, I understand your concern. I have a scandi name that no one outside of scandinavia can get the hang of.

Tor is English as well. Think Glastonbury Tor. I can't see people struggling with the pronounciation, but having said that I had a doctor ask me how my very obvious to pronounce son's name should be said.

Forget I don't actually... I have an Uncle who moved to Sweden and I fell in love with the names, there are other reasons for not wanting a very British name as well but mostly because the Scandinavian names are pretty amazing.

I'm Scottish/German.

Snus I'm feeling a bit easier about it now, can't be worse to pronounce than Eirik...

Binary I think that's what worries me too, I have a name that is pretty easy to read, it's not usual but it's obvious. Everyone gets it wrong.

I think if you worry about people not being able to pronounce a name you'd end up with something very run of the mill. My ds is Huey, so I found it quite surprising that the doctor had to ask me how it was pronounced. I'd only worried about it being misspelled up until that point!

It's a great name and goes brilliantly well with the name of your other ds. Go for it.

I meant Tor's a great name. That last sentence sounded Faroese self congratulatory than I intended'

Faroese? Far more. Bloody phone!

The names are amazing!

Tor is fantastic, it was on our name list (but we're having a girl).