Torquil
Introduction '''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*Torquil Campbell (born 1972), co-lead singer and songwriter of the Canadian band Stars*Torquil MacLeod, 14th century Scottish clan chief*Torquil MacLeod (clan chief), 16th-century Scottish clan chief*Torquil MacNeill, 16th century Scottish clan chief*Torquil Neilson, Australian actor*Torquil Norman (born 1933), English businessman*Torquil Riley-Smith (born 1962), founder of LBH, Britain's first gay radio station
Torquhil *Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll (born 1968), Scottish peer*Torquhil Matheson (1871–1963), senior British Army officer of the First World War
See also *Mac Torcaill
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