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Thor

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namethoughts · 08/09/2023 13:12

What are your thoughts on the name Thor?

We have Danish heritage and seem to produce blonde, broad and tall boys. My partner absolutely adores this name...

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SidekickSylvia · 08/09/2023 18:41

ThreeKneeRepeater · 08/09/2023 13:22

Reminds me of the rhyme that ends

I’m Thor! ‘ he cried.
His horse replied
‘You forgot your thaddle, thilly’

Cant remember the beginning.

😀
There's a similar joke when Thor returns to a sex worker a few days later.

'Hello, I'm Thor'
'You're Thor!! I haven't been able to walk for 3 days!'

He'll probably get a lot of that type of thing op, so despite it being a lovely name, I wouldn't.

Tribblesarelovely · 08/09/2023 18:38

Absolutely not 😂😂
Having said that, I know a Thorstan. No one turns a hair at that.

JumbledE · 08/09/2023 18:31

I would definitely go with something like Thorin or Theodore and shorten it to Thor as a pet name if you are desperate to use it.

PureAmazonian · 08/09/2023 18:30

Not even for a pet

ThisIsTrifficult · 08/09/2023 18:27

Friends of mine have a boy Thor, but they are both over 6ft so he's likely to fit into the name!
At 4 he was bigger than my 6yo!

Sleepnplay · 08/09/2023 18:14

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Well, you learn something new everyday!

forgotmyusername1 · 08/09/2023 17:58

Its fine provided your kid grows up to look like the god of thunder rather than the milky bar kid or the uh oh baby man from cloudy with a chance of meatballs

GoodVibesHere · 08/09/2023 17:37

Thor GrinGrinGrin

DinnaeFashYersel · 08/09/2023 17:24

Don't

diditbark · 08/09/2023 17:12

I prefer Thanos.

IDontLoveTheWayYouLie · 08/09/2023 17:12

What about Spider-Man?

Roselilly36 · 08/09/2023 17:11

I meet a lovely boy called Thor, his mum was Swedish, his name was pronounced as Tor.

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Sleepnplay · 08/09/2023 17:02

How about Torin, Torben or Torsten, which could all shortened to Tor?

PurpleMonkeys · 08/09/2023 14:35

cuckyplunt · 08/09/2023 14:34

Some names actually amount to child abuse!

Nonsense.

Now excuse me whilst I tend to my son, ArseFingererButtMunchFuckwit, it's a family name.. we call him Arsehole for short..

cuckyplunt · 08/09/2023 14:34

Some names actually amount to child abuse!

honeylou42 · 08/09/2023 14:29

Terrible

Nellieinthebarn · 08/09/2023 14:25

PurpleMonkeys · 08/09/2023 14:24

The god of war rode out one day upon his favourite filly,
"I'm Thor!" He cried,
The horse replied,
"Then change you thaddle thilly"

😂

Nellieinthebarn · 08/09/2023 14:25

Loads of other less problematic names with a scandinavian heritage. Emil, Lief, Keifer, Oscar, Yan, Erik. All unusual in UK, but not so far out there to be weird and not so Godlike.

PurpleMonkeys · 08/09/2023 14:24

The god of war rode out one day upon his favourite filly,
"I'm Thor!" He cried,
The horse replied,
"Then change you thaddle thilly"

VariationsonaTheme · 08/09/2023 14:21

I know a little Thor and he’s most unThor-like. Don’t do it.

peaceinourtime · 08/09/2023 14:18

Go for a name like Leif, Soren or Mads if you want to honour it.

Oreosareawful · 08/09/2023 14:05

Jesus wept no

IlonaRN · 08/09/2023 14:04

There are lots of other Danish names that are even better 🙂
(There are lists of names approved in DK - have a look through those and find something else!)

UseOfWeapons · 08/09/2023 13:54

Great name, but not for your boy. Despite the heritage, it's not fair on him.