# Mac Torcaill

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**Mac Torcaill** is a masculine [surname](/source/Surname) in the [Manx language](/source/Manx_language) and [Irish language](/source/Irish_language) . The name translates into [English](/source/English_language) as "son of *[Torcall](/source/Torcall)*". The surname originated as a [patronym](/source/Patronym), however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The form *Nic Thorcaill* is borne by unmarried females; the forms *Bean Mhic Thorcaill* and *Mhic Thorcaill* are borne by married females. Variant forms of *Mac Torcaill* are *Mac Thorcaill* and *Mac Thurcaill*; the feminine forms of these two names are *Nic Thorcaill*, *Nic Thurcaill*, *Bean Mhic Thorcaill*, *Bean Mhic Thurcaill*, *Mhic Thorcaill*, and *Mhic Thurcaill*. All these Irish surnames have various [Anglicised](/source/Anglicised) forms.

## Etymology

*Mac Torcaill* translates into English as "son of *[Torcall](/source/Torcall)*". Variant forms of the surname include *Mac Thorcaill*,[1] and *Mac Thurcaill*.[2] These surnames originated as [patronyms](/source/Patronym), however they no longer refer to the actual name of the bearer's father. The name *Torcall* is a [Gaelic](/source/Gaelic_languages) derivative of the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) [personal name](/source/Personal_name) *Þórkell*, which is a shortened form of *Þorketill*.

## Feminine forms

*Mac Torcaill*, *Mac Thorcaill*, and *Mac Thurcaill* are masculine surnames. The form of *Mac Torcaill* and *Mac Thorcaill* for unmarried females is *Nic Thorcaill*, whereas the feminine form of *Mac Thurcaill* is *Nic Thurcaill*; these names translate into English as "daughter of the son of *Torcall*. The forms of *Mac Torcaill* and *Mac Thorcaill* for married females is *Bean Mhic Thorcaill*, whereas the feminine form of *Mac Thurcaill* is *Bean Mhic Thurcaill*; these particular feminine names can also be rendered simply as *Mhic Thorcaill* and *Mhic Thurcaill*; these four surnames translate to "wife of the son of *Torcall*.

## Anglicised forms

*Mac Torcaill* has been Anglicised variously as *[Thurkell](/source/Thurkell)*, *[Thurkill](/source/Thurkill)*, *[Thirkell](/source/Thirkell)*, and *[Thurkle](/source/Thurkle)*.[3] *Mac Thorcaill* and *Mac Thurcaill* has been Anglicised as *[MacCorkill](/source/MacCorkill)*, *[MacCorkell](/source/MacCorkell)*, *[MacCorrikle](/source/MacCorrikle)*, *[MacCorkle](/source/MacCorkle)*, *[Corkey](/source/Corkey)* and *[Corkhill](/source/Corkhill)*.[1]

## Families

According to Patrick Woulfe, [Irish families](/source/Irish_clans) with the surname are probably of [Scottish](/source/Scottish_people) origin.[1]

## References

1. ["Mac Thorcaill"](http://www.libraryireland.com/names/mact/mac-thorcaill.php), Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com), retrieved 25 November 2010 which is a transcription of: Woulfe, Patrick (1923), "Irish Names and Surnames"

1. ["Mac Thurcaill"](http://www.libraryireland.com/names/mact/mac-thurcaill.php), Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com), retrieved 25 November 2010 which is a transcription of: Woulfe, Patrick (1923), "Irish Names and Surnames"

1. ["Mac Torcaill"](http://www.libraryireland.com/names/mact/mac-torcaill.php), Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com), retrieved 25 November 2010 which is a transcription of: Woulfe, Patrick (1923), "Irish Names and Surnames"

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