Talk:Torbjörn

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Origins of Torben

I find it intresting that my name Torben, has been redirected to the name Torbjorn, and defined as meaning the same thing. From what I've been told, by my parents, Tor does mean Thor, but ben means something else, like warden, or guarden. Thoughts or information on this? Torben Hansen (talk) 11:53, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am a bit quirous about the source for this information, my name is Torbjörn and neither my parents nor myself have heard about this before. --Valross (talk) 05:31, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to http://www.gullsmokken.com/felles/navneguiden/guttenavn?s=m&n=Torben (Norwegian "Tor+bjørn, sterk bjørnejeger") Torben is derived from Torbjørn and means "Strong Bearhunter" --79.160.57.68 (talk) 19:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning of Torbjörn / Thorbjørn

According to http://www.norskenavn.no/navn.php?id=166 the meaning of Torbjørn is Thunderbear.

Betydning: Tordenbjørn
Forklaring: Guttenavnet består av navnedelene tor og bjørn, hvor tor er utledet av det norrøne navnet Thórr som betyr "torden", mens bjørn kommer fra det norrøne ordet "bjorn", som betyr "det store brune dyret".

I've also seen explainations that, since Thor was a god symbolizing strenght, Torbjørn means Strong Bear. I haven't found any online resources to this though. --79.160.57.68 (talk) 19:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]