Thorold

Thorold

English

Etymology

From the Middle English personal name Thurold, Thorold, Thorald, all reflexes of Old Norse Þóraldr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and valdr (“ruler”).

Proper noun

Thorold (countable and uncountable, plural Thorolds)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A city in Ontario, Canada.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Thorold is the 13469^th most common surname in England, belonging to 404 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thorold”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears