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
- 1905Torin Thatcher bornBritish actor
- 1956First appearance#3,942 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1980Torin Koos bornAmerican cross country skier
- 2018Peak, #984210 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.