Torquil

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".^[1]

Torquil

Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	1. Scottish Gaelic, from Old Norse 2. Norwegian, Swedish, from Old Norse
Word/name	1. SG Torcall, from ON Þorketill 2. Nr, Sw Torkel, from ON Þorketill
Derivation	ON Þorr + ketill
Meaning	"Thor" + "(sacrificial) cauldron"
Other names
Cognate(s)	2. Thorkel; Torkil; Torkild; Torkjell

A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic Torcall is Torcull. A similar Scottish Gaelic given name is Torcadall, which is also Anglicised as Torquil.^[2]

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

See also

• Mac Torcaill