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Torris
How to Pronounce Torris
Pronounced TOR-is /ˈtɔːr.ɪs/Medium
Meaning: Torris reads as a surname-style given name. It most likely varies Torres, the Spanish surname meaning towers, though it may also echo Morris or Boris. It has no single fixed meaning as a first name and depends on which source a family had in mind.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Torris appears in United States records from the late nineteen-forties, part of a long tradition of turning surnames into boys' first names. It reached its small high in 1971 before slowly fading.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak, with records reaching into the twenty-tens. A boy named Torris in the early nineteen-seventies would be in his mid-fifties today. The name keeps a solid, surname-rooted sound.
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What does the name Torris mean?
It is a surname-style name, likely a variant of Torres, Spanish for towers, or of Morris or Boris.
How do you pronounce Torris?
It is said TOR-is /ˈtɔːr.ɪs/, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Torris a boy or girl name?
Torris is recorded as a boy's name.
How popular is Torris?
It has always been very rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak in the early nineteen-seventies.