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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Thorkill m. Old Norse Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder' + Old Norse ketill 'kettle'.

England
Latin
966 Turketulo (dat) CDAS DXXVIII, Turketulum (acc) ibid. DXXVIII; 1189 Turkil (nom) GASurv p. 158
Sweden
Latin
1383 Thyrkils (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1948
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Thorkill". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Thorkill.