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Torkil (male)

Variants:Thorkel (M) Torkel (M) Torkild (M) Torkjell (M)
Diminutive(s):Tor (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Swedish and Danish, a contracted form from Old Norse "Thor" [q.v.] + "cauldron, kettle".
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