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".
A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic Torcall is Torcull. A similar Scottish Gaelic given name is Torcadall, which is also Anglicised as Torquil.
Torquil Torquil (priest), Archdeacon of Dublin in 1180
Torquhil Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll (born 1968), Scottish peer Torquhil Matheson (1871–1963), senior British Army officer of the First World War
Torcuil Torcuil Crichton (born 1964), Scottish politician
See also
Mac Torcaill
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