Torquil

Torquil
GenderMasculine
LanguageEnglish
Origin
Languages1. Scottish Gaelic, from Old Norse
2. Norwegian, Swedish, from Old Norse
Word/name1. SG Torcall, from ON Þorketill
2. Nr, Sw Torkel, from ON Þorketill
DerivationON Þorr + ketill
Meaning"Thor" + "(sacrificial) cauldron"
Other names
Cognates2. Thorkel; Torkil; Torkild; Torkjell

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

Torquhil

Torcuil

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References

  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 263, 397, 410, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  2. ↑ MacFarlane, Malcolm (1912), The School Gaelic Dictionary prepared for the use of learners of the Gaelic language, Stirling: Eneas Mackay, p. 148
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