Thorkel

Scottish from Norse

"Thor's cauldron"

Thorkel Origin and Meaning

Variation of Torquil

Famous People Named Thorkel

• Thorkel of Namdalen Norwegian jarl and father of Ketil Trout
• Thorkel Sursson Icelandic character in the Gísla saga
• Thorkell Eyjolfsson Icelandic godi; husband of Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir and stepfather of Bolli Bollason of the Laxdæla saga
• Thorkell the Tall Jomsviking leader and jarl
• Thorkell Leifsson Greenlandic godi; son of explorer Leif Eriksson