Kjell

Norwegian

Etymology

Variant of Kjetil and Ketil, also short form of given names with the Old Norse element ketill (“cauldron", "helmet”). Cognate with Danish Keld and Kjeld.

Proper noun

Kjell

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Ketil, Kjetil
• Eskil

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 29 645 males with the given name Kjell living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak around 1940 . Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Ketill, from ketill (“(sacrificial) cauldron", "helmet”) and short for names containing this element. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1548.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕɛl/

Proper noun

Kjell

1. A male given name popular in the mid-twentieth century.

Related terms

• Eskil
• Torkel

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 56 517 males with the given name Kjell living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.