# Torquil

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{{Infobox given name2
| name            = Torquil
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| gender          = Masculine
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| language        = [English](/source/English_language)
| languageorigin  = 1. [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic), from [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) <br />2. [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language), [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language), from Old Norse
| origin          = 1. SG ''Torcall'', from ON ''Þorketill'' <br />2. Nr, Sw ''Torkel'', from ON ''Þorketill''
| derivation      = ON ''Þorr'' + ''ketill''
| meaning         = "[Thor](/source/Thor)" + "(sacrificial) cauldron"
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| cognate         = 2. [Thorkel](/source/Thorkel); [Torkil](/source/Torkil_(disambiguation)); [Torkild](/source/Torkild); Torkjell
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'''Torquil''' is an [Anglicised](/source/Anglicised) form of the [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language) and [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language) masculine name ''Torkel'', and the [Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) name ''Torcall''. The Scottish Gaelic name ''Torcall'' is a [Gaelicised](/source/Gaelicisation) form of the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) name ''Þorkell''. The Scandinavian ''[Torkel](/source/Torkel)'' is a contracted form of the Old Norse ''Þorkell'', made up of the two elements: ''Þór'', meaning "[Thor](/source/Thor)" the [Norse god](/source/Norse_god) of thunder; and ''kell'' (in some variants ''ketill''), meaning "(sacrificial) cauldron".<ref name="H1">{{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](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |location=[Oxford](/source/Oxford) |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=263, 397, 410 }}</ref>

A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic ''Torcall'' is ''Torcull''. A similar Scottish Gaelic given name is ''Torcadall'', which is also Anglicised as ''Torquil''.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Torquil==
*[Torquil (priest)](/source/Torquil_(priest)), [Archdeacon of Dublin](/source/Archdeacon_of_Dublin) in 1180
*[Torquil MacLeod](/source/Torquil_MacLeod), 14th century Scottish clan chief
*[Torquil MacLeod (clan chief)](/source/Torquil_MacLeod_(clan_chief)), 16th-century Scottish clan chief
*[Torquil MacNeill](/source/Torquil_MacNeill), 16th century Scottish clan chief
*[Torquil Neilson](/source/Torquil_Neilson), Australian actor
*[Torquil Norman](/source/Torquil_Norman) (1933–2025), British businessman
*[Torquil Riley-Smith](/source/Torquil_Riley-Smith) (born 1962), founder of LBH, Britain's first gay radio station
*[Torquil Campbell](/source/Torquil_Campbell) (born 1972), co-lead singer and songwriter of the Canadian band [Stars](/source/Stars_(Canadian_band))

==Torquhil==
*[Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll](/source/Torquhil_Campbell%2C_13th_Duke_of_Argyll) (born 1968), Scottish peer
*[Torquhil Matheson](/source/Torquhil_Matheson) (1871–1963), senior British Army officer of the First World War

==See also==
*[Mac Torcaill](/source/Mac_Torcaill)

==References==
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Category:English-language masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Scandinavian Scotland
Category:Scottish masculine given names

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