Tormod is a masculine Scottish given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

. It is a Scottish Gaelic name, derived as a Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name

Personal name

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 Þórmóðr. This Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

 name is composed of two elements: Þorr, meaning "Thor

Thor

In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility...

", the Norse god of thunder; and móðr, meaning "mind", "courage". The Anglicised form of the Gaelic name is Norman

Norman (name)

Norman is a both surname and a given name. The surname has multiple origins including English, Irish , Scottish and Dutch, Swedish and Ashkenazi Jewish and Jewish American...

. A variant of Tormod is the Scottish Gaelic Tormoid.

People with the given name

• Tormod Andreassen
  Tormod Andreassen
  Tormod Andreassen is a Norwegian curler.Andreassen has skipped Norway at 3 World Championships , finishing sixth place each time. He skipped Norway the 1992 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport...
  
  , Norwegian curler
• Tormod Kark
  Tormod Kark
  Tormod Kark was the slave and friend of Håkon Sigurdsson . Hoping for a reward, Kark killed the wanted earl and brought his head to enemy Olaf Tryggvason, later king of Norway. The murder happened at Rimul in Melhus...
  
  , slave and friend of Håkon Sigurdsson
• Tormod Kristoffer Hustad
  Tormod Kristoffer Hustad
  Tormod Kristoffer Hustad was a Norwegian architect, minister of agriculture in the short-lived 1940 government of Vidkun Quisling, provisional councillor of state for agriculture in the government appointed by Reichskommissar Josef Terboven in 1940, and minister of labour in the NS government...
  
   (1889-1973), Norwegian councillor of state and minister
• Tormod Granheim
  Tormod Granheim
  Tormod Granheim Tormod Granheim Tormod Granheim (born September 17. 1974 in Trondheim, Norway is a Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker involved in expeditions and extreme skiing...
  
   (born 1974), Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker
• Tormod Haugen
  Tormod Haugen
  Tormod Haugen was a Norwegian author of children's books and translator. -Biography:Tormod Haugen grew up in a small village in Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. After school graduation at the Hamar Cathedral School in 1965, he attended the University of Oslo. He worked at the Munch Museum...
  
   (1945-2008), Norwegian author
• Tormod Kristoffer Hustad
  Tormod Kristoffer Hustad
  Tormod Kristoffer Hustad was a Norwegian architect, minister of agriculture in the short-lived 1940 government of Vidkun Quisling, provisional councillor of state for agriculture in the government appointed by Reichskommissar Josef Terboven in 1940, and minister of labour in the NS government...
  
   (1889-1973), Norwegian architect and politician
• Tormod Knutsen
  Tormod Knutsen
  Tormod Knutsen is a former Norwegian nordic combined athlete. He was born in Eidsvoll. Already as a 16 year old he became named to Hovedlandsrennet, and two years later Norwegian junior champion in Ski jumping. From the season 1954/55 he started with Nordic combined...
  
   (born 1932), Norwegian nordic combined athlete
• Tormod MacGill-Eain
  Tormod MacGill-Eain
  Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean is a Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster. He is the only person to have won both Bardic Crown and Gold Medal at the same Royal National Mod...
  
   (born 1937), Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster
• Tormod MacLeod
  Tormod MacLeod
  Tormod MacLeod, sometimes referred to as Norman MacLeod, was a west Highland lord, and son of Leod, the traditional founder and eponymous ancestor of Clan MacLeod. Little is known about Tormod; like his father Leod, he does not appear in any contemporary records...
  
   (fl.13th century), a Scottish clan chief
• Tormod MacGill-Eain
  Tormod MacGill-Eain
  Norman Hector Mackinnon Maclean is a Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster. He is the only person to have won both Bardic Crown and Gold Medal at the same Royal National Mod...
  
   (born 1937), Scottish Gaelic comedian, novelist, poet, musician and broadcaster
• Tormod Mobraaten
  Tormod Mobraaten
  Tormod Knutsen "Tom" Mobraaten is a Canadian skier, born in Kongsberg, Norway. He competed in ski jumping, cross country skiing and Nordic combined. He participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.-References:...
  
   (born 1910), Norwegian-Canadian skier
• Tormod Skagestad
  Tormod Skagestad
  Tormod Skagestad was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, actor and theatre director.-Biography:Tormod Skagestad was born in Krødsherad, Buskerud County, Norway. Skagestad grew up in a rich cultural environment. His father was a teacher and sexton of the village, his mother was the organist...
  
   (1920-1997), Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, actor and theatre director
• Tormod Petter Svennevig
  Tormod Petter Svennevig
  Tormod Petter Svennevig was a Norwegian diplomat and politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Eide, Grimstad, and took his Master of Arts degree in political science at the New School for Social Research in New York...
  
  (born 1929), Norwegian diplomat and politician