torquil

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| name = Torquil

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| gender = Masculine

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| language = English

| languageorigin = 1. Scottish Gaelic, from Old Norse
2. Norwegian, Swedish, from Old Norse

| origin = 1. SG Torcall, from ON Þorketill
2. Nr, Sw Torkel, from ON Þorketill

| derivation = ON Þorr + ketill

| meaning = "Thor" + "(sacrificial) cauldron"

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| cognate = 2. Thorkel; Torkil; Torkild; Torkjell

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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".{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=263, 397, 410 }}

A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic Torcall is Torcull. A similar Scottish Gaelic given name is Torcadall, which is also Anglicised as Torquil.{{citation |last=MacFarlane |first=Malcolm |authorlink=Malcolm MacFarlane |title=The School Gaelic Dictionary prepared for the use of learners of the Gaelic language |publisher=Eneas Mackay |location=Stirling |year=1912 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924026841043 |page=148 }}