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Torrance

19 replies

WetAugust · 14/02/2011 16:22

I noticed this was the christian name of an actor in The Tudors.

This is the first time I've heard of this name. Is it an American thing?

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theresapotatoundermysink · 14/02/2011 16:29

I used to live near there, it's a place in LA.

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WetAugust · 14/02/2011 16:30

Thanks - I didn't know that.

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shouldnotbehere · 14/02/2011 16:32

It is a surname. I went to school with a girl with surname Torrance.

ShirleyKnot · 14/02/2011 16:33

Jack Torrance was in The Shining

Tical · 14/02/2011 16:34

Awful.

othersideofchannel · 14/02/2011 16:37

Torrance \t(o)-rran-ce, torr(a)-nce\ as a boy's name is a variant of Torrence (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Torrance is "little hills". See also Dorran and Torin.

So it seems to exist. Are you asking for opinions on the name or whether we've heard of it before?

belgo · 14/02/2011 16:39

Isn't it the baddie from The Day of the Triffeds?

MrsvWoolf · 14/02/2011 16:54

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MirandaGoshawk · 14/02/2011 16:57

Bit too much like Terence 'imaginitively' spelt.

Prinpo · 14/02/2011 17:01

Ha ha, wondered whether anyone else would name spot that one .

Not my cup of tea (the name, that is - wouldn't say no to the actor) but, depending on your surname and names of other dc, it may work.

BuntyPenfold · 14/02/2011 17:14

Torrible.

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 14/02/2011 17:23

The Shining for me too. Shudder. Never heard of anyone called it.

HeartShapedValiumSandwich · 14/02/2011 17:39

eooooow

AnnOnimous · 14/02/2011 18:01

There's a village called Torrance in the Campsie Hills just outside Glasgow.

SilkStalkings · 14/02/2011 19:22

Very American.

BelligerentGhoul · 14/02/2011 19:23

Torrance - awful
Terence - I rather like

kimbally · 14/02/2011 21:12

BuntyPenfold -I am still laughing! Thank you.

bloomingnora · 14/02/2011 21:24

Torrance is the name of the main girl in that cheerleading film (bring it on?)

Bue · 14/02/2011 21:29

The actor is Canadian. But I'm Canadian too and I've never heard the name before. (Awful name, but he is so hot!)

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