Thorn has several meanings:

• Thorn, a sharp structure on plants
• Thorn tree
• Common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna
• Thorn (letter) (Þ, þ), a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets
• Thorn (rune) (), the name of the th-rune in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem

Places

• Thorn, Netherlands
• Toru?, Poland (known as Thorn in German and sometimes also in English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_European_cities_in_different_languages:_Q-T )

United Kingdom

• Thorn, Bedfordshire
• Thorn, Devon
• Thorn, Herefordshire
• Thorn, Powys

USA

• Thorn, San Bernardino County, California
• Thorn, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
• Thorn, Salt Lake County, Utah

Persons, Characters

• Andy Thorn
• Brad Thorn, Australian/New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer
• Damien Thorn
• Erin Thorn
• Gaston Thorn (1928-2007), Luxembourg politician
• George Thorn
• Colonel Herman Thorn (1783?1859), called "the millionaire of New York", brother of Jonathan Thorn
• Jan Thorn-Prikker
• Jesse Thorn, America's Radio sweetheart
• John Thorn
• John Thorn (musician)
• Jonathan Thorn
• Matt Thorn
• Nautica Thorn
• Philip Thorn
• Robyn Thorn
• Rod Thorn
• Stuart Thorn, President of the Fat People United Group
• Tracey Thorn
• Vanaro Thorn
• Victor Thorn
• Vikki Thorn, one-third of The Waifs
• Viktor Thorn
• Rose and Thorn is a character with a split personality in DC comics
• Thorn, the main character of the online fantasy story Darksoul Kingdom
• Thorn Harvestar, a main character in Jeff Smith's Bone comic series
• Thorns (band), a Norwegian black metal band
• The Thorns, an American acoustic rock band
• Thorn (Inheritance) a dragon from the Inheritance cycle

Companies

• Thorn EMI
• THORN Electrical Industries
• Thorn Cycles, British bicycle manufacturer
• Thorn guitars, guitar manufacturer
• Thorn Lighting, luminaire manufacturer, part of Zumtobel Lighting Group

Other uses

• Thorns, a 1967 science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg
• Thorn (horse), racehorse that won the Kentucky Futurity in 1897
• Thorn is the name of the red dragon on the cover of the book Eldest.
• Thorn (comics) is a DC Comics character.
• Thorns, a Norwegian black metal band.

See also

• Thorne, Thorne (surname)

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