Torquil
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Torquil |
| gender | Masculine |
| language | English |
| languageorigin | 1. Scottish Gaelic, from Old Norse |
- Norwegian, Swedish, from Old Norse | | origin | 1. SG Torcall, from ON Þorketill
- Nr, Sw Torkel, from ON Þorketill | | derivation | ON Þorr + ketill | | meaning | "Thor" + "(sacrificial) cauldron" | | cognate | 2. Thorkel; Torkil; Torkild; Torkjell | ::
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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, made up of the two elements: Þór, meaning "Thor" the Norse god of thunder; and kell (in some variants ketill), meaning "(sacrificial) cauldron".
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 (priest), Archdeacon of Dublin in 1180
- Torquil MacLeod, 14th century Scottish clan chief
- Torquil MacLeod (clan chief), 16th-century Scottish clan chief
- Torquil MacNeill, 16th century Scottish clan chief
- Torquil Neilson, Australian actor
- Torquil Norman (1933–2025), British businessman
- Torquil Riley-Smith (born 1962), founder of LBH, Britain's first gay radio station
- Torquil Campbell (born 1972), co-lead singer and songwriter of the Canadian band Stars
Torquhil
- Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll (born 1968), Scottish peer
- Torquhil Matheson (1871–1963), senior British Army officer of the First World War
References
References
- (2006). "A Dictionary of First Names". [[Oxford University Press]].
- MacFarlane, Malcolm. (1912). "The School Gaelic Dictionary prepared for the use of learners of the Gaelic language". Eneas Mackay.
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