Kjell

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Modern form of Kætill ^[1]

Related Names

See Kætill

Name Days

Norway

11 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 June

Sweden

8 July

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1548 ^[1]

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Jämtland, Skåne ^[1]

Namesakes

Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway (1997-2000 + 2001-2005)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		0	1	33130	56517
Norway[3]		0	0	8914	29645
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	206	n.a
Finland[5]		n.a.	2	n.a	1435
#: 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^[2][4][3][5]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

Sources: ^{[2] [4] [3] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi