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Finn or Tor?

22 replies

thelollipoplady · 02/07/2009 06:32

which gets your vote?

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seeker · 02/07/2009 06:50

Finn - Tor is a nice sound but sounds as though it's short for something. He will spend his life saying "No, just Tor"

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ilovesprouts · 02/07/2009 07:01

i like them both ,ds2 was going to be finn/finley

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piscesmoon · 02/07/2009 07:03

Neither.

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melissa75 · 02/07/2009 08:46

I love the name Finn...my sons name was Finn...I have a Scandinavian background and that where I first heard the name (have fam members with it) and I love the name!! IMO, Tor sounds too much like Thor, and it just makes me think of a very large mean viking!

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Schulte · 02/07/2009 08:52

Finn

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MaybeAfterBreakfast · 02/07/2009 08:58

If you have Scandinavian links definitely Tor.

The most handsome man I've ever known, by some distance, was a Norwegian called Tor. Tall, blonde, sparkling blue eyes. We shared a flat and I had a huge crush on him.

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boodleboot · 02/07/2009 09:19

Hey melissa my cat is called Thor and he is the gentlest thing i know.....it really didn't make us think mean, it just made us think STRONG!!

I don't think Tor is a good name for a boy unless it is a nickname for Hector.

Finn is very meh in my opinon as i know so many little boys called Finlay or Finn.

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sophiesmummie · 02/07/2009 11:02

I know a lovely Thor (pronounced Tor), so on that basis I really like the name. It's also nice that it can't be shortened - no need for a nickname.

Finn is ok, but very common these days (common meaning popular).

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Firawla · 02/07/2009 11:39

Finn is much nicer imo

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Bettymum · 02/07/2009 16:15

I like Finn.
I have a cousin called Thorphin (he's Orcadian). I always liked that but it would sound silly down South .

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KleineMaus · 02/07/2009 18:38

Some friends have just given their son the middle name Torin (or Toren), which I really like, no idea where it might come from. Also like Finn, nearly chose it for DS but didn't really go with surname.

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fatzak · 02/07/2009 18:53

Ooh spooky - have a friend whose DSes are called Finn and Torin Had never heard of Torin until she had him

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Wallace · 02/07/2009 18:59

I know a Thorfinn (not sure of spelling) his dad is Icelandic

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baiyu · 07/07/2009 23:13

I have a Finn, I love his name. Come across a few Finlays but no other Finns so far, don't care anyway, it's perfect for him.
I had a dog called Torrunn (gaelic spelling, pronounced Torin - means thunder in Scottish gaelic.)

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WorldofSab · 07/07/2009 23:15

I have a Finn too (Finlay) and we is not common
not sure about Tor, but i love Torrunn

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cory · 08/07/2009 09:19

T(h)orfinn sounds a good compromise to me.

Torbjörn may be difficult to pronounce but I quite like it (it means the Bear of Thor).

Torsten/Torstein is another possibility (Stone of Thor).

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jellybeans · 08/07/2009 10:33

Finn is much nicer

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Bonneville · 08/07/2009 10:37

Neither.

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FernieB · 08/07/2009 10:41

I know a Finn and a Tor and both are lovely boys. There are a lot of Finn's about. The Tor I know is Danish. I would go for Tor but both my kids have Scandinavian names.

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OmniDroid · 08/07/2009 10:52

I hear Tor as a shortening for Victoria (have a cousin who uses it). So Finn.

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gladders · 08/07/2009 11:11

fatzack - was just going to say i know a family with a finn and a torin... spooky - wonder if its the same one?

think torin is great name btw. assume it's scottish?

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jkklpu · 08/07/2009 21:45

Finbarr or Fingal with Fin as nn - both more unusual than Finn on its own

only Tor I've known was a nightmare girl called Victoria

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