Kjell

Norwegian Etymology Variant of no Kjetil and no Ketil; also a short form of given names with the no non - element non ketill cauldron", "helmet. Cognate with da Keld and da Kjeld. Proper noun no proper noun no male Related terms no Ketil, no Kjetil no Eskil References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 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 sv non Ketill, from non ketill (sacrificial) cauldron", "helmet and short for names containing this element. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1548. Pronunciation sv /ɕɛl/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Kjell.wav Proper noun c sv male popular in the mid-twentieth century Related terms sv Eskil sv Torkel References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 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.