Old Norse origin
Source-reportedOld Norse Þorfinnr (“Thor" + "Finn" or "Sami”).
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: TorfinnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: TorfinnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Old Norse roots
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01 / Meaning & origin
Torfinn is a masculine given name documented in Danish and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Þorfinnr.
Old Norse Þorfinnr (“Thor" + "Finn" or "Sami”).
02 / Across borders
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Norway, 2007: 6 boys (rank 467). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Torfinn
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 35 | 139 | observed |
| 1946 | 39 | 140 | observed |
| 1947 | 39 | 129 | observed |
| 1948 | 29 | 159 | observed |
| 1949 | 44 | 118 | observed |
| 1950 | 36 | 137 | observed |
| 1951 | 39 | 124 | observed |
| 1952 | 32 | 149 | observed |
| 1953 | 40 | 127 | observed |
| 1954 | 21 | 182 | observed |
| 1955 | 39 | 137 | observed |
| 1956 | 41 | 135 | observed |
| 1957 | 30 | 152 | observed |
| 1958 | 17 | 209 | observed |
| 1959 | 35 | 145 | observed |
| 1960 | 31 | 162 | observed |
| 1961 | 23 | 193 | observed |
| 1962 | 26 | 180 | observed |
| 1963 | 19 | 226 | observed |
| 1964 | 21 | 207 | observed |
| 1965 | 24 | 203 | observed |
| 1966 | 29 | 185 | observed |
| 1967 | 30 | 184 | observed |
| 1968 | 21 | 225 | observed |
| 1969 | 26 | 210 | observed |
| 1970 | 19 | 247 | observed |
| 1971 | 24 | 222 | observed |
| 1972 | 20 | 244 | observed |
| 1973 | 11 | 364 | observed |
| 1974 | 13 | 331 | observed |
| 1975 | 6 | 510 | observed |
| 1976 | 13 | 324 | observed |
| 1977 | 11 | 370 | observed |
| 1978 | 8 | 434 | observed |
| 1979 | 9 | 424 | observed |
| 1980 | 12 | 353 | observed |
| 1981 | 6 | 526 | observed |
| 1982 | 11 | 380 | observed |
| 1983 | 10 | 403 | observed |
| 1984 | 6 | 523 | observed |
| 1985 | 4 | 609 | observed |
| 1986 | 5 | 558 | observed |
| 1987 | 8 | 459 | observed |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | 11 | 381 | observed |
| 1990 | 6 | 517 | observed |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | 11 | 354 | observed |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 4 | 566 | observed |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | 5 | 492 | observed |
| 2000 | 4 | 533 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | 6 | 467 | observed |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Torfinn” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
