Torin

Where Torin comes from

Torin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1905
    Torin Thatcher born
    British actor
  2. 1956
    First appearance
    #3,942 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1980
    Torin Koos born
    American cross country skier
  4. 2018
    Peak, #984
    210 babies named Torin — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Torin Thatcher · British actor, 1905–1981
  • Torin Koos · American cross country skier, born 1980
  • Torin Yater-Wallace · American freestyle skier, born 1995
  • Torin Francis · American basketball player, born 1983
  • Torin Ferguson · association football player from the Bahamas, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.