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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and Scandinavian : variant of Thor.
  • French (Thoré) : nickname for a strong or violent individual, from Old French t(h)or(el) ‘bull’. Compare Spanish Toro.
  • French (Thoré) : from a reduced pet form of the personal name Maturin.

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