Thorkild
Thorkild is a male given name in Scandinavia (especially in Denmark ) . It is made up of the two old Norse words Þórr (German: “ Thor ”) and kætill (German: “Kessel”, also “helmet”). Variants of Thorkild are Torkild , Thorkil , Torkil , Thorkel and, as a diminutive , Toke .
Name bearer
- Thorkild
- Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918-2004), Danish writer
- Thorkild Demuth (1927–2017), Danish actor and director
- Thorkild Fjeldsted (1740–1796), Icelandic judge
- Thorkild Grosbøll (1948–2020), Danish pastor
- Thorkild Hansen (1927–1989), Danish writer
- Thorkild Jacobsen (1904-1993), Danish sumerologist
- Thorkild Simonsen (* 1926), Danish politician
- Thorkild Thyrring (* 1946), Danish racing car driver
Intermediate name
- Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862–1927), Danish surgeon
- Svenn Thorkild Stray (1922–2012), Norwegian politician
- Torkil
- Torkil Nielsen (* 1964), Faroese soccer player, referee and chess player
- Thorkil
- Thorkil Kristensen (1899–1989), Danish politician