Trond (name)

Trond
Gender Male
Language(s)  Norway (Trond)
 Faroe Islands (Tróndur)
Name day 21 September
Origin
Meaning "To grow and thrive", Trønder
Other names
Alternative spelling Tron, Tronn, Thron, Thrond
Related names Tronda (female)

Trond is a Norwegian male given name. The base of the name, Tron'r (Þróndr or Þrándr), is Old Norse and means "to grow and thrive" (þroásk). 17785 people in Norway have Trond as their first name, making it the 23rd most used name (2008). The name is connected to one of the largest subgroups of Norwegians, the Trønders of Trøndelag, who lived in the middle of the Scandinavian peninsula.

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