Torquil
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, meaning " 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, Archdeacon of Dublin in 1180
- Torquil MacLeod, 14th century Scottish clan chief
- Torquil MacLeod, 16th-century Scottish clan chief
- Torquil MacNeill, 16th century Scottish clan chief
- Torquil Neilson, Australian actor
- Torquil Norman, British businessman
- Torquil Riley-Smith, founder of LBH, Britain's first gay radio station
- Torquil Campbell, co-lead singer and songwriter of the Canadian band Stars
Torquhil
- Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, Scottish peer
- Torquhil Matheson, senior British Army officer of the First World War