Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage Finland Swedish Pronounced Pron. TOOR-vahlds [key·IPA] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 7/21/2019 by anonymous Edited 12/26/2021 by Beautiful Victory Meaning & History From the given name Torvald. A notable bearer is Finnish software engineer Linus Torvalds (b. 1969), inventor of the Linux kernel.