Torran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOR-ran
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Torran is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “little hill, knoll”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Torran mean?
Scottish: Scottish Gaelic torran
“little hill, knoll”
From Scottish Gaelic torran, 'small hill or knoll', a word found in Highland place names.
Is Torran a girl's or a boy's name?
Torran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Torran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Torran, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Torran than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Torran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Torran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 2 | #3,848 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Nicknames for Torran
Names like Torran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan, Brody, Lochlan, Finn, Conan, Caelan, Logan, Kayden, Roman, Nolan, Rian, Orhan
Names related to Torran
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Reid
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Torran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/torran, updated 20 October 2026.