# Tormod

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**Tormod** is a masculine [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language)[1] and Scottish Gaelic [given name](/source/Given_name).[2] The Norwegian name is derived from the Old Norse [personal name](/source/Personal_name) **Þórmóðr**.[1] This name is composed of two elements: **[Þorr](/source/%C3%9Eorr)**, the name of the [Norse god](/source/Norse_god) of thunder; and **móðr**, meaning "mind", "courage".[3] The Gaelic name is derived from the Old Norse personal names **Þórmóðr**[4] and **Þormundr**.[5] A variant of the Norwegian name is **Thormod**.[1] An [Anglicised](/source/Anglicised) form of the [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) name is *[Norman](/source/Norman_(name))*.[6] The Irish surname [Tormey](/source/%C3%93_Tormaigh) or Tarmey translate into [English](/source/English_language) as "descendant of *Tormach*". The name *Tormach* is a [Gaelic](/source/Gaelic_languages) derivative of the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) [personal name](/source/Personal_name) *Þórmóðr*. [Tormey](/source/%C3%93_Tormaigh) or Tarmey are the anglicised versions of *Ó Tormaigh* or *Ó Tormadha.*

## People with the given name

- [Tormod Andreassen](/source/Tormod_Andreassen), Norwegian curler
- [Tormod Granheim](/source/Tormod_Granheim) (born 1974), Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker
- [Tormod Haugen](/source/Tormod_Haugen) (1945–2008), Norwegian author
- [Tormod Kristoffer Hustad](/source/Tormod_Kristoffer_Hustad) (1889–1973), Norwegian architect and politician
- [Tormod Kark](/source/Tormod_Kark), slave and friend of Håkon Sigurdsson
- [Tormod Knutsen](/source/Tormod_Knutsen) (1932–2021), Norwegian Nordic combined athlete
- [Tormod MacGill-Eain](/source/Tormod_MacGill-Eain) (1937–2017), Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster
- [Tormod MacLeod](/source/Tormod_MacLeod) (fl. 13th century), a Scottish clan chief
- [Tormod Mobraaten](/source/Tormod_Mobraaten) (1910–1991), Norwegian-Canadian skier
- [Tormod Skagestad](/source/Tormod_Skagestad) (1920–1997), Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, actor and theatre director
- [Tormod Petter Svennevig](/source/Tormod_Petter_Svennevig) (1929–2016), Norwegian diplomat and politician

## Citations

1. [Coleman; Veka (2010)](#C1) p. 48.

1. [Hanks; Hardcastle (2006)](#H1) pp. 207, 410.

1. [Coleman; Veka (2010)](#C1) p. 48; [Hanks; Hardcastle (2006)](#H1) p. 410.

1. [Hanks; Hardcastle (2006)](#H1) p. 410.

1. [Cox (2009)](#C2) p. 18.

1. [Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016)](#H2) p. 1963; [Hanks; Hardcastle (2006)](#H1) p. 207.

## References

- Coleman, NL & Veka, O (2010). [*A Handbook of Scandinavian Names*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780299248345). Madison: [University of Wisconsin Press](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_Press). ISBN 978-0-299-24834-5. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)
- Cox, RAV (2009). ["Towards a Taxonomy of Contact Onomastics: Norse Place-Names in Scottish Gaelic"](http://www.clanntuirc.co.uk/JSNS/V3/JSNS3.pdf). *[The Journal of Scottish Name Studies](/source/The_Journal_of_Scottish_Name_Studies)*. **3**: 15–28. [ISSN 1747-7387](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1747-7387). – via Clann Tuirc.
- Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006 [1990]). *A Dictionary of First Names*. Oxford Paperback Reference. 2nd ed. Oxford: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- *The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland*. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.

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