Corkill is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

of Irish and Manx origin. The name is an

Anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

form of the

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

''Mac Thorcaill'' ("son of Thorkell") which is derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

personal name meaning "Thor's kettle".

People

Danny Corkill Daniel Bryon Corkill (born March 8, 1974) is an American former child actor who saw early success in such films as ''Without a Trace'' and '' D.A.R.Y.L.''. He appeared in a number of commercials and had a small part in the TV series ''Ryan's Ho ...

, (born 1974), an actor. *

Richard Corkill Richard Kenneth Corkill (born 1951) was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, December 2001 to December 2004 and an elected member of the House of Keys from 1991 to 2006. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man. He was elected by Tynwald with 21 vo ...

, (born 1951), Manx, a Chief Minister of the Isle of Man.

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