Torquil


Torquil is an Anglicised form of the Norwegian and Swedish masculine name Torkel, and the Scottish Gaelic name Torcall. The Scottish Gaelic name Torcall is a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse name Þorkell. The Scandinavian Torkel is a contracted form of the Old Norse Þorkell. This Old Norse name is made up of the two elements: Þór, meaning "Thor" the Norse god of thunder; and kell, meaning " cauldron".
Scandinavian variants of the Torkel include: the Icelandic, Þorkell; Norwegian and Swedish Torkil, Thorkel; the Norwegian Torkjell; and the Danish Torkil, Torkild, Terkel.
A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic Torcall is Torcull.
A similar Scottish Gaelic given name is Torcadall, which is also Anglicised as Torquil.

Torquil