Thorben - Meaning of Thorben

What does Thorben mean?

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Thorben

[ 2 syll. (t)hor-ben, th-orb-en ] The baby boy name Thorben is pronounced as TAORBehN or -THAOERBehN †. Thorben is used chiefly in the German and Scandinavian languages. Its origin is Old Norse. It is a two-element name derived from the words 'thor' + 'björn' which mean thunder, thunder god + bear respectively.

Thorbjorn (Scandinavian), Thorbjörn (Scandinavian), and Torbjörn (Scandinavian) are variants of Thorben.

Torben (variant spelling in German and Scandinavian) is another form of Thorben.

See also the related categories, god, bear, thunder, thor, german, and scandinavian.

Thorben is an unusual baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Thorben include Torben, Thorfin, Torpin, Travien, Travin, Travon, Travonn, Trayvon, Treavon, Treffin, Treffun, Treffyn, Trevin, Trevion, Trevohn, Trevoine, Trevon, Treyvin, Treyvonn, and Treyvun.

† English pronunciation for Thorben: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"