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“Thor” + “(sacrificial) cauldron”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Torkild is a masculine given name documented in Danish and Norwegian. It is a form of Torquil, for which English Wiktionary gives the components “Thor” + “(sacrificial) cauldron”.
Meaning: “Thor” + “(sacrificial) cauldron”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
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Norway, 1998: 4 boys (rank 539). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Torkild
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 6 | 312 | observed |
| 1946 | 9 | 279 | observed |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | 5 | 342 | observed |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | 4 | 402 | observed |
| 1955 | 5 | 376 | observed |
| 1956 | 7 | 331 | observed |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | 5 | 404 | observed |
| 1959 | 5 | 409 | observed |
| 1960 | 4 | 468 | observed |
| 1961 | 4 | 454 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 6 | 414 | observed |
| 1964 | 5 | 470 | observed |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | 5 | 484 | observed |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 12 | 318 | observed |
| 1970 | 6 | 482 | observed |
| 1971 | 7 | 462 | observed |
| 1972 | 10 | 379 | observed |
| 1973 | 9 | 399 | observed |
| 1974 | 7 | 480 | observed |
| 1975 | 8 | 450 | observed |
| 1976 | 10 | 390 | observed |
| 1977 | 6 | 491 | observed |
| 1978 | 6 | 503 | observed |
| 1979 | 4 | 603 | observed |
| 1980 | 5 | 558 | observed |
| 1981 | 7 | 481 | observed |
| 1982 | 11 | 380 | observed |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | 4 | 609 | observed |
| 1986 | 8 | 447 | observed |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | 6 | 533 | observed |
| 1989 | 5 | 567 | observed |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | 5 | 524 | observed |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 4 | 549 | observed |
| 1998 | 4 | 539 | observed |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Torkild” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
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Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
