Kjell

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Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland 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

Kel
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Old Danish
Keld
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Greenlandic Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Kell
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Norwegian Swedish
Kiel
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish
Kield
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish
Kjel
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish
Kjeld
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Greenlandic Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Kjell
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Danish Finish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Kjäll
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Swedish
Käll
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Swedish
Kælle
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Old Danish

For female forms see Kiälla, Kjeldmine

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Kjell
Genitive: Kjells
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Kjell
Genitive: Kjellin
Partitive: Kjelliä
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Kjell
Genitive: Kjells
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Kjell
Genitive: Kjells

Name Days

Norway Norway

11 July

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

8 June

Sweden Sweden

8 July

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

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&
Sweden Sweden[7]
26700 51172 0 3 26700 51169
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
1541 0 0
n.a.
1541
Denmark Denmark[9]
181
n.a.
0
n.a.
181
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[10]
7 9
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
6 6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway 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

Name statistics for Kjell (m) Sources: [7][9][12][8]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Kjell (m) Sources: [13]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Kjell (m)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  4. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Colette van Luik: Stora boken om namn (2009)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  8. 8.0 8.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. 9.0 9.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  12. 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  13. details see Name Statistic tables