Torquil is an

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form of the Norwegian and

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masculine name ''Torkel'', and the

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name ''Torcall''. The Scottish Gaelic name ''Torcall'' is a

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form of the

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name ''Þorkell''. The Scandinavian ''

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'' is a contracted form of the Old Norse ''Þorkell'', made up of the two elements: ''Þór'', meaning "

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" the

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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''.

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in 1180 * Torquil MacLeod, 14th century Scottish clan chief * Torquil MacLeod (clan chief), 16th-century Scottish clan chief * Torquil MacNeill, 16th century Scottish clan chief *

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, Australian actor *

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(1933–2025), British businessman * Torquil Riley-Smith (born 1962), founder of LBH, Britain's first gay radio station *

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(born 1968), Scottish peer * Torquhil Matheson (1871–1963), senior British Army officer of the First World War

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