Thor

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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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I have a Magnus Thor... so I'd say go for it! Luckily he's very blonde and absolutely huge, as in the size of a 3/4 yr old at 17months.. doubt anyone will ever dare to take the piss 🤣

Excellent name choice!

I do really love the name, but they might have alot to deal with in school if you have a really petite child.

You envisage....well......Thor but to then see a little dot walk in might be a bit of a piss take opportunity.

It's terrible. Poor child.

Great as an ironic, amusing name for a Chihuahua.

Awful and ridiculous for a child.

But Thor isn't pronounced with a 'th'. It's a t-sound. Personally I think it's a bit silly when people use names from another culture and spell/pronounce them as if they were English. Imagine calling your son 'Jean-Paul', to celebrate your French heritage, expect you're pronouncing it 'Gene-Paul'.

Makes me think of Thor Heyerdahl, of the Kon-Tiki. Loved reading about that adventure as a child.

No - Too Much. Your husband can inflict his inner Chris H fantasies on someone else.

I don’t Danish boys are often called Thor are they? Toren is nice.

I do love Thora for a girl though, I must admit. It just has a different vibe.

It’s pronounced with an H in the UK and the US - and we’ll known for centuries because of the mythology, plus Thora has been a popular girls’ name at times.

Names naturally move countries and change pronunciations. Jean isn’t a male name in the UK, so the fact you’d have to insist on pronouncing it the French way isn’t a comparable example.

Amazing, I love it

No.

Heritage aside, everyone is just going to think that you're both Marvel mad.

Definitely a no if living in the UK I’m afraid, even with Danish heritage. Unless your child has a huge and confident personality with a strong physique throughout his life, that name will just be a burden and a big opportunity for bullying.

I like it but I grew up somewhere where Thorfinn is a reasonably common name and so I don't think of trashy American blockbuster characters when I hear it. Surprised at the negativity TBH, if we'd had another son he would have been Thorfinn.

It's your baby, if that's t' name you want to call him go for it. These people have no right to tell you not to. It's not their child. I'd happily name my child Thor if I had a boy.

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Torin is nice. There's a name popular in the Orkney islands - Thorfinn - which you might like?

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What did you go for in the end, OP?

This for me - it's an incredibly hard name to pronounce with a lisp.

My dd had me puzzled when she was a teenager, when she said she wanted to go and see 'Four' with her friends and I couldn't find a film with this name.

Fuck me. There is thread after thread in baby names with MNers suggesting riDICulous names because they want something Scandinavian because of this cultural fetish, and the names are fucking bonkers made up shit thatbear NO resemblance to Danish or Scandinavian culture yet everyone tells them how lovely these names are. Then along comes a couple with Danish heritage suggesting a very run of the mill Danish name and you all lose your shit.

It's a brilliant name. I'd pronounce is as Tor.

By The Hammer of Thor! Don't do it.

Urgghh Zombie thread.

I know a toddler Thor (as well as a toddler Maverick, Axel, River…). People do seem less bothered about unusual names these days and I’ve never heard anyone comment on it - but I suppose people are less likely to be mean to a younger child or say something rude to relative strangers (the parents).

But yes, Thor might be awkward on him if he goes through a weedy stage or turns out to be the only short one in your family (less sure the blond thing really matters though). Might be something to consider - it won’t matter for a really confident, outgoing boy but if he’s short, thin and shy to boot…

I think Thorin/Thoren might be safer? - yes unfortunately it was used in the Hobbit but is a genuine name and is that bit more removed from the God. Or stick with familiar Torben which is safer still.

Edit: Missed this was a Zombie!

Can he be a rock star? Sure.
Can he be an accountant? No.