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 [ syll. (t)hor-ben, th-orb-en ] The boy name Thorben is pronounced as -THaoRBahN KEY. Thorben is used chiefly in the German and Scandinavian languages. Its origin is Old Norse. Two-element name derived from the words 'thor' + 'björn' which mean thunder, thunder god + bear respectively. The name Thorbjörn (Scandinavian) and the name Torbjörn (Scandinavian) are variants of Thorben. Torben (variant spelling in German and Scandinavian) is another form of Thorben. Thorben is an unusual baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Thorben include Torben (German and Scandinavian), Travon (English), and Trevon (English). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Thorben: TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
