Kjell

Norwegian

Etymology

Variant of Kjetil and Ketil; also a 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
• [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.

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^(key): /ɕɛl/

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Proper noun

Kjell c (genitive Kjells)

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

Related terms

• Eskil
• Torkel

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.