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Usage
Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
1) East Nordic younger form of Kætill [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
2) Short form of names ending with -kjell [2] [3] [5]
Related Names
For female forms see Kiälla, Kjeldmine
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Kjell
|
Genitive: |
Kjells
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Kjell
|
Genitive: |
Kjellin
|
Partitive: |
Kjelliä
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Kjell
|
Genitive: |
Kjells
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Kjell
|
Genitive: |
Kjells
|
Name Days
Norway
|
11 July
|
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
8 June
|
Sweden
|
8 July
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Kjell Bondevik (11 March 1901 – 21 December 1983), Norwegian politician
- Kjell Aukrust (19 March 1920 – 24 December 2002), Norwegian author, poet and artist
- Kjell Arnljot Wig (31 December 1924 – 18 January 2015), Norwegian media personality
- Kjell Noreik (28 July 1929 – 1 January 2015), Norwegian physician and expert forensic psychiatrist
- Kjell Martin Bækkelund (6 May 1930 – 13 May 2004), Norwegian classical pianist
- Kjell Hallbing (pseudonym Louis Masterson, 5 November 1934 – 6 May 2004), Norwegian author of Western books
- Kjell Albin Abrahamson (23 June 1945 – 22 September 2016), Swedish journalist and author
- Kjell Magne Bondevik (born 3 September 1947), former Prime Minister of Norway (1997-2000 + 2001-2005)
- Kjell Bertil Leonard Bergqvist (born 23 February 1953), Swedish actor
- Kjell Erland Wilhelmsen (born 2 March 1967), Swedish actor
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[7] |
|
26700 |
51172 |
0 |
3 |
26700 |
51169 |
Finland[8] |
|
n.a. |
1541 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
1541 |
Denmark[9] |
|
181 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
181 |
n.a. |
Iceland[10] |
|
7 |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[11] |
|
6 |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[12] |
|
24991 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
24991 |
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [7][9][12][8]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [13]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Colette van Luik: Stora boken om namn (2009)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables