Kjell
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Kjell is a Scandinavian usually male given name. In Denmark, the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. The name comes from the Old Norse word kętill, which means "kettle" and probably also "helmet" or perhaps "cauldron". Examples of old spellings or forms are Ketill (Old Norse), Kjætil (Old Swedish) and Ketil (Old Danish). An equally likely meaning is a source, a hope that the boy will get ample resources to draw upon later in life.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Kjell
- Given name.image
- KjellMagneBondevik.JPG
- Given name.caption
- Kjell Magne Bondevik, former prime minister of Norway
- Given name.gender
- Male
- Given name.meaning
- Kettle, cauldron or helmet
- Given name.region
- Norway; Sweden; Finland (Kjell) Denmark (Kjeld)
- Given name.language
- Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish including variants
- Given name.origin
- Old Norse ketill
- Given name.alternative spelling
- Kjella (female)
- Given name.variant forms
- Kjeld, Keld, Kell, Kjell, Kield (Danish)
- Given name.related names
- Keld, Ketil, Ketill, Kittel, Kittil, Kjeld, Kjetil, Kjetill
- Given name.name day
- Norway (11 July)Denmark; Sweden (8 July) Finland (8 June)
- Given name.popularity
- In Norway (2012)Kjell: 29223 men; ranked #6Kjeld: <200 men
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- male given name
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- name day
- July 8
- native label
- Kjell
- language of work or name
- Dutch
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- K400
- Cologne phonetics
- 45
- Caverphone
- KY1111
- Commons category
- Kjell (given name)
- P8168
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Kjell is a Scandinavian usually male given name. In Denmark, the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. The name comes from the Old Norse word kętill, which means "kettle" and probably also "helmet" or perhaps "cauldron". Examples of old spellings or forms are Ketill (Old Norse), Kjætil (Old Swedish) and Ketil (Old Danish). An equally likely meaning is a source, a hope that the boy will get ample resources to draw upon later in life.
Kjell has a name day on July 11 in Norway and July 8 in Sweden, and in Denmark with the variant Kjeld.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kjell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.