Þór (first name)
Þór is the Icelandic and Faroese variant of the given name Thor .
Origin and meaning
The name is derived from the god Thor . It is rarely used as a first name in Iceland, but it is the most common middle name.
Derivatives
Many Icelandic names begin with Þór- (also Þor- ); Examples are Þorbjörg , Þorbjörn , Þorgeir , Thorgerdur , Thorgrimur , Thorleifur , Þorsteinn , Þorvaldur , Þorvarður , Þóra , Þórarinn , Þórður , Þorhildur , Þórir , Þórdís and Þórunn . Some names are also formed by the suffix -þór ; Examples are Arnþór , Gunnþór , Steinþór .
Name bearer
- Árni Þór Hallgrímsson (* 1968), Icelandic badminton player
- Árni Þór Sigtryggson (* 1985), Icelandic handball player
- Árni Þór Sigurðsson (* 1960), Icelandic politician
- Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (* 1987), Icelandic handball player
- Fannar Þór Friðgeirsson (* 1987), Icelandic handball player
- Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (* 1954), Icelandic film director and filmmaker
- Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (* 1967), Icelandic politician (Independence Party)
- Ólafur Þór Gunnarsson (soccer player) (* 1977), former Icelandic national soccer player
- Ólafur Þór Gunnarsson (politician) (* 1963), Icelandic politician
- Ólafur Þór Hauksson (* 1964), Icelandic special prosecutor
- Jón Þór Birgisson (* 1975), guitarist and singer in the Icelandic band Sigur Rós
- Jónas Þór Næs (* 1986), Faroese football player
- Kristján Þór Júlíusson (* 1957), Icelandic politician (Independence Party)
- Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson (* 1963), Icelandic politician (Independence Party)
- Þór Saari (* 1960), Icelandic politician (citizens' movement)
- Þór Heimir Vilhjálmsson (1930–2015), Icelandic legal scholar
- Þór Whitehead (* 1943), Icelandic historian
See also
- Þórsson (son of Þór)
- Þórsdóttir (daughter of Þór)