Torr Family History

English:: from Middle English tor(re) ‘rocky peak hill’ (Old English torr). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived on or by a hill or toponymic from a place so named such as Torre the earlier name of Torquay (Devon).

The element is especially common in placenames in southwestern England particularly Devon but it is occasionally found in other English regions such as Sussex and Derbyshire.

nickname for someone thought to resemble a bull from Old French tor (from Latin taurus).