Given name · also Old Norse
Torquil
“thor's helmet”
Torquil is used as a given name. One interpretation is “thor's helmet.”
Original Old NorseÞorkell
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “thor's helmet.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic Torcall, from Old Norse Þorkell, built from Old Norse Þórr + ketill (“(sacrificial) cauldron”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Torquil’s family of names
In English usage, Torquil shares a linguistic root with the Faroese form Torkil. Torquil has a related form in Thirkell. Torquil has a related form in Thorkel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Torquil has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Torquil comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Torquil
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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