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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
- a male given name
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- 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
Proper noun
Kjell c (genitive Kjells)
- a male given name popular in the mid-twentieth century
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- 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.