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Position:Home>Genealogy> What nationality is the surname Toren?Question:Yeah always wondered this...... Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Yeah always wondered this...... idk i think its Dutch or Hebrew This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about the name, Toren Name Meaning and History Dutch (Van Toren): habitational or topographic name from Middle Dutch to(o)rn, tor(r)en ‘tower’, which has given rise to many place names (compare Torre). Swedish: ornamental name from the personal name Tor (see Thor 3) + the common adjectival suffix -en, from Latin -enius ‘descendant of’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from the city of Torun in Poland, called Thorn in German. hope this helps. Toren Name Meaning and History 1.DUTCH(Van Toren): habitational or topographic name from Middle Dutch "to(o)rn", "tor(r)en" ‘"tower"’, which has given rise to many place names (compare Torre). 2.SWEDISH: ornamental name from the personal name Tor (see Thor 3) + the common adjectival suffix -en, from Latin -enius ‘descendant of’. 3. JEWISH (Ashkenazic): habitational name from the city of Torun in Poland, called Thorn in German. www.familysearch.org has listings in:Connecticut; Quebec, Canada; The Netherlands; Wisconsin; Bolivia (S. America); Denmark; Belgium; Ecuador (S.Amer.); Italy; Alabama; Georgia; Holland; Illinois; Indiana; Devon, England; Denmark; Cambridge, England; Middlesex, England; Bedford, England; Nottingham, England; Scotland; Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean; Finland; Germany; Mexico; Missouri; Norway; and other South American countries of Uruguay; Chile; Peru, & Argentina; and Spain. Variations in spelling include: TARRING ; TYRON; TYRONE; TARIN; TERRIEN ; VAN TOREN; THIRON; TIRON; TERAN; TURIN; TORHAN ; TORAN; TORINE ; TORVING ;TORRING ; TORRINGE ;TORON ; TORRYN; TORRIN ;VAN DEN TOORN ;TORENIUS ; THOREEN ; VAN DEN TOORN; TOURON; THORN; TOURAINE ; TOUREENE ;TORENSEN (males in Denmark); TORENSDATTER (females in Denmark); and TORENSDR (females in Norway). it is the nationality of your mom |