Torquil

Torquil
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	1. Scottish Gaelic, from Old Norse 2. Norwegian, Swedish, from Old Norse
Word/name	1. SG Torcall, from ON Þorketill 2. Nr, Sw Torkel, from ON Þorketill
Derivation	ON Þorr + ketill
Meaning	"Thor" + "(sacrificial) cauldron"
Other names
Cognate(s)	2. Thorkel; Torkil; Torkild; Torkjell
See also	Torcadall, Torcall

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 Þorketill. The Scandinavian Torkel is a contracted form of the Old Norse Þorketill. This Old Norse name is made up of the two elements: Þorr, meaning "Thor" the Norse god of thunder; and ketill, meaning "(sacrificial) cauldron".

Scandinavian variants of the Torkel include: the Norwegian and Swedish Torkil, Thorkel; the Norwegian Torkjell; and the Danish Torkil, Torkild.

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

• Torquil Archdeacon of Dublin in 1180.
• Charles Torquil de Montalt Fraser, (born 1960), an English High Sheriff of West Sussex, England.
• Torquil Campbell, (born 1972), a lead singer and songwriter.
• Torquil MacLeod, (fl.14th century), a Scottish clan chief.
• Torquil MacLeod (clan chief), a 16th-century Scottish clan chief.
• Torquil MacNeill, 16th century Scottish clan chief.
• Torquil Neilson, an Australian actor.
• Torquil Norman, (born 1933), an English businessman.
• Torquil Riley-Smith (born 1962), founder of the British radio station LBH, Britain's first gay radio station

Torquhil

• Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, (born 1968), a Scottish peer.
• Torquhil Matheson, (1871–1963), a senior British Army officer of the First World War.