Given name
Eskil
“from the cauldron of the gods”
Eskil is a variant of Eskel. One interpretation is “from the cauldron of the gods.”
Original Old NorseÁskell
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eskil is a variant of Eskel. One interpretation is “from the cauldron of the gods.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Its Old Norse formation brings together áss (“god, divinity”) and ketill (“sacrificial cauldron”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eskil through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 1916. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eskil’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Eskil developed from the Old Norse form Áskell. Eskil has a related form in Eskel. Eskil has a related form in Eskel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eskil
- Eskil VogtNorwegian film director and screenwriterborn 1974
- Saint EskilAnglo-Saxon Roman Catholic monk, bishop and martyr1020–1069
- Eskil PedersenNorwegian former politicianborn 1984
- Eskil SuterSuiss motorcycle racerborn 1967
- Eskil ErvikNorwegian speed skaterborn 1975
- Eskil of LundDanish priest1111–1181
- Eskil MagnussonSwedish politician1175–1227
- Eskil ErlandssonSwedish politicianborn 1957
- Eskil LundahlSwedish swimmer (1905-1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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