Torkelson Family History
Torkelson Name Meaning
Americanized form of Norwegian Torkelsen or its rare variant Torkellsen: patronymic from the personal name Torkel(l) a form of Old Norse Thorketill composed of the name of the god Thórr (see Thor ) + ketill ‘sacrificial cauldron helmet’. Compare Thorkelson . Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Torkelsson rare Swedish cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022