Given name
Torcall
“one who has been summoned by Thor”
Torcall is used as a given name. One interpretation is “one who has been summoned by Thor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who has been summoned by Thor.”
How it developed
From Old Norse Þorkell, built from Old Norse Þórr + ketill (“(sacrificial) cauldron”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Torcall’s family of names
Torcall has a related form in Thorcal. Torcall has a related form in Thorcall. Torcall has a related form in Thorcalle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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