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Kjartan
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Usage
Icelandic
Norwegian
Faroese
Danish
Swedish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
1) Short form of Mýrkjartan (see Muircheartach) [1] [2] [3]
2) Nordic form of Certán [1] [4] [3]
Related Names
| Hjartan | ♂ |   |
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| Kiartan | ♂ | |
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| Kjarta | ♀ |  |
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| Kjartan | ♂ |  |
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| Kjartanía | ♀ | |
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| Kjertan | ♂ |  |
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Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Kjartansson |
|
Female
| Kjartansdóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kjartan |
| Genitive: | Kjartans |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kjartan |
| Accusative: | Kjartan |
| Dative: | Kjartani |
| Genitive: | Kjartans |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kjartan |
| Genitive: | Kjartanin |
| Partitive: | Kjartania |
| - Icelandic |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kjartan |
| Accusative: | Kjartan |
| Dative: | Kjartani |
| Genitive: | Kjartans |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kjartan |
| Genitive: | Kjartans |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Kjartan |
| Genitive: | Kjartans |
Name Day
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2 July |
Further Information
- Iceland: Officially approved as a given name [5]
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [6]
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
- Norway:
- Vestlandet, esp. Møre og Romsdal (earlier) [1]
- Rogaland (later) [1]
- Hordaland (later) [1]
Namesakes
- Kjartan Fløgstad (born 7 June 1944), Norwegian author
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Iceland[7] |
  |
808 | 909 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Denmark[8] |
 |
188 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
188 | n.a. |
| Sweden[9] |
|
32 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 54 |
| Finland[10] |
|
n.a. |
10 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
10 |
| Norway[11] |
|
1204 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
1204 | n.a. |
 Greenland[12] |
  |
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [13]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables