Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Thorn tree Boy name variations Thorne Thorne + 57% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Thorn Thorn - 29% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Thorndyke Thorndyke 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Thornton Thornton 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings English (mainly Lancashire) : habitational name from Thornley in Lancashire, so named from Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.