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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish : ornamental name composed of the elements Thor, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + possessive -s- + the common adjectival suffix -ell, from Latin -elius ‘descendant of’. Alternatively, Thors may represent a place name formed with Tors-, as for example Torshälla.

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