Thorolf
Thorolf is a Scandinavian given name.
etymology
Thorolf (also: Torolf ): is a male given name of Nordic origin (Old Norse Þórolfr to Old Norse Þórr »Thor«, the god of thunder, and Old Norse ulfr »Wolf«).
variants
- Torolf
- Þórólfur (Icelandic)
Name bearer
A name
- Thorolf , second bishop of Oslo
- Thorolf Mostrarskegg († around 918), one of the first settlers in the Snæfellsnes region around Thorness near the Helgafell in Iceland
First name
- Thorolf Hager (* 1942), German surgeon
- Thorolf Holmboe (1866–1935), Norwegian painter
- Thorolf Lipp (* 1973), German documentary filmmaker and ethnologist
- Torolf Mølgaard (* 1939), Danish modern jazz trombonist
Individual evidence
- ↑ DUDEN, Lexicon of Given Names, Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-411-04946-2 , p. 362.