Tora

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Modern form of Thora (see Þóra) ^{[1] [2]}

2) Short form of Victoria ^[2]

Related Names

Thora	♀
Toora	♀
Tora	♀
Toran	♀

See also Tori

Name Days

Norway

19 October

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 July

Sweden

5 March

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Skåne, Bohuslän ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		1532	2853	0	0
Norway[4]		1152	1882	0	0
Denmark[5]		130	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	211	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][5][4][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[3] [5] [4] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi