Þorkell
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Þorkell is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Iceland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old Norse Þorkell.
- ISIceland1 in 1.5K(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Iceland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 12 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
229 people, 2026
Reference-verified
Iceland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Old Norse Þorkell.
Sources 2
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Þorkell counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Iceland | #485 | 229 | 1 in 1.5K | 237 | Þorkell | 12 |
229 people counted by Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Thorkell the Tallb. 901not in their usual nameJomsviking
- Thorgils Sprakeleggb. 1000not in their usual nameViking warrior
- Torkel Knutssonb. 1300SEnot in their usual nameSwedish lord during the 13:th century
- Torkel Halvorsen Aschehougb. 1822NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian economist and politician (1822-1909)
- Torkel Wallmarkb. 1919SEnot in their usual nameSwedish electrical engineer
- Torkel Weis-Foghb. 1922DKnot in their usual nameDanish entomologist (1922–1975)
- Torkel Franzénb. 1950SEnot in their usual nameMathematician; science fiction fan (1950-2006)
- Torkel S. Wächterb. 1961SEnot in their usual nameSwedish writer
- Torkel Klingbergb. 1967SEnot in their usual nameSwedish professor of cognitive neuroscience
- Torkel Peterssonb. 1969SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS Iceland | Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005) | 2005 | 237 | #145 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 229 | — |
| IS Iceland | Mannanafnaskrá — official register of approved personal names | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Þorkell mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Norse Þorkell. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- What are other forms of the name Þorkell?
- In the etymology graph, Torkel is a form of the same name in other languages.
- Is Þorkell a male or female name?
- Þorkell is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Þorkell have the most bearers?
- In Iceland, the national register counted about 229 people named Þorkell, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled þorkell.
- Where is Þorkell most common?
- Þorkell is densest in Iceland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.5 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Þorkell?
- In Iceland, the national register counted 229 people named Þorkell in 2026, about 1 in 1.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Þorkell compared with other names?
- In Iceland, Þorkell is the 485th most common given name of 3,704 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%BEorkellThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Þorkell” — the 485th most common given name in Iceland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.