Torquil
| 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 |
| See also | Torcadall, Torcall |
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 Þorketill. The Scandinavian Torkel is a contracted form of the Old Norse Þorketill. This Old Norse name is made up of the two elements: Þorr, meaning "Thor" the Norse god of thunder; and ketill, meaning "(sacrificial) cauldron".[1]
Another meaning of 'kettil' (shettil - Norwegian) or 'kittel' (shittel - Swedish), is HELMET (referring to the shape, and the material used). The combination of the two words, can be interpreted as 'helmet of Thor', or 'The protection of Thor'. Incantations and names are often double in Norse (a type of kenning).
Scandinavian variants of the Torkel include: the Norwegian and Swedish Torkil, Thorkel; the Norwegian Torkjell; the Faroese Torkil; and the Danish Torkil, Torkild.[1]
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 Ross Anderson (born 1957), an artist and tutor, Gateshead, England.
- Charles Torquil de Montalt Fraser, (born 1960), an English High Sheriff of West Sussex, England.
- Torquil Campbell, (born 1972), a lead singer and songwriter.
- Torquil MacLeod, (fl.14th century), a Scottish clan chief.
- Torquil MacLeod (forfeited clan chief), a 16th-century Scottish clan chief.
- Torquil MacNeill, 16th century Scottish clan chief.
- Torquil Neilson, an Australian actor.
- Torquil Norman, (born 1933), an English businessman.
- Torquil Wilson, (born 1984), an Australian.
Torquhil
- Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, (born 1968), a Scottish peer.
- Torquhil Matheson, (1871–1963), a senior British Army officer of the First World War.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ 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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