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We picked Torin because it sounded similar to Thor and Thorin, two names we liked, as well as Victorin, an old family name

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Torin is the name of an automotive tool company, selling car stuff like Torin "Big Red" car jacks

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Tor and T

Meanings and history of the name Torin: | Edit

This name is commonly said to be Irish Gaelic for "chief," from the word "torfhinn" It may also have some roots in the Gaelic word for thunder, "toirneach," and linked to Thor, the Norse god of thunder.

Famous real-life people named Torin: | Edit

Torin Koos - Olympic cross-country skier

Torin Thatcher - an English actor with roles in films such as "The Robe" "Snows of Mt Kilimanjaro" and "Mutiny on the Bounty" Was also a veteran of World War II, attaining the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.

Torin in song, story & screen: | Edit

Torin's Passage - video game from 1995

Sir Tor was one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend