Norwegian

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
• 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/

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
• 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.