>>I have other areas in my life where I move similarly, all based on principle and devotion to faith. Calling something "Thor" is a choice. And it has ramifications in what that name conveys. I consider these things. I've even renamed my Liberty Software Foundation (LibSF) to now be called 3Alive because of what it conveys.
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>Do you also consider possibility that names or words that you use may have meanings/connotation in languages or culture other than your own? Do you also consider possible problems when transliteration occurs (as well as the usual problems when going between tonal and non-tonal language) ?

I have considered those things, but there's nothing I can do about it. If I discovered that a common name I use for something in English means something wholly offensive in another language, I would consider changing it. It would depend on what it was.

My advice to Tore to change the name of Thor is to remove the mythological god connotation.