# Thornquist

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname from Swedish.

## Etymology
From Swedish Thörnqvist, an ornamental surname from a variant of torn (“thorn”) + kvist (“twig”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/thornquist