Torkil
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Torkil is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Norway. Recorded meaning: From Old Norse Þorkell, a compound of Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”), akin to English Torquil.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Old Norse Þorkell, a compound of Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”), akin to English Torquil.
Sources 2
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Torkil counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | — | 1.4K | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 182 | — |
| FO Faroe Islands | — | 61 | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 17 | — |
| FI Finland | — | 15 | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Torkil is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Faroese, a male given name, compare Torquil
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Torkil Lauritzenb. 1901DKDanish actor (1901–1979)
- Torkil Byeb. 1942NONorwegian musician and professor
- Torkil Badenb. 1944NONorwegian musician
- Torkil Bergeb. 1957NONorwegian psychologist
- Torkil Damhaugb. 1958NONorwegian writer
- Torkil Nielsenb. 1964FOFaroese association football and chess player
- Torkil Åmlandb. 1966NONorwegian politician
- Torkil Williksenb. 1968NONorwegian writer
- Torkil Vederhusb. 1989NONorwegian politician
- Torkil Veyheb. 1990FOFaroese road racing cyclist, born 1990
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Torkil mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Norse Þorkell, a compound of Þórr (“Thor”) and ketill (“cauldron”), akin to English Torquil. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- Is Torkil a male or female name?
- Torkil is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Torkil have the most bearers?
- Torkil is most frequently recorded in Norway.
What do you want to know about Torkil?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/torkilThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Torkil”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.