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Kjetil

Old Norse roots

Language contexts for this entry: German, Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and 1 more

masculineLatin script
German

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Origin
Old Norse
4 language contexts
GermanDanishNorwegian Nynorsk+1 more
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9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Kjetil

Kjetil is a masculine given name documented in German, Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Ketill.

02 / Across borders

Where Kjetil is used

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Across borders

6

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2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

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Germany

Language records

Documented as a given name in German.

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4 of 6 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Kjetil

Recorded category boys

Metric
Latest · 2022
6
births
Rank #400
Peak year
1972
424 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Kjetil in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
YearBirthsRankStatus
194518197observed
194618200observed
194713227observed
194815213observed
194934143observed
195033146observed
195132144observed
195232149observed
195335138observed
19546697observed
19558983observed
19569780observed
19578287observed
19589680observed
195911172observed
196015753observed
196114958observed
196215653observed
196318049observed
196420346observed
196524639observed
196631730observed
196733927observed
196832829observed
196938522observed
197040316observed
197142314observed
197242414observed
197341515observed
197435216observed
197535217observed
197636015observed
197734415observed
197832516observed
197932116observed
198030218observed
198126724observed
198227420observed
198325723observed
198424124observed
198521431observed
198623028observed
198717844observed
198820935observed
198918047observed
199016551observed
199114362observed
199213662observed
199314358observed
199416549observed
199511275observed
19968787observed
199772100observed
199855128observed
199947146observed
200031188observed
200145142observed
200221219observed
200320232observed
200415266observed
200517253observed
20068385observed
200718260observed
200810374observed
200912336observed
20108405observed
20115481observed
2012no valueno valuenot covered
20136450observed
20147436observed
20156449observed
20165472observed
2017no valueno valuenot covered
2018no valueno valuenot covered
20197395observed
20206394observed
20215418observed
20226400observed
2023no valueno valuenot covered
2024no valueno valuenot covered
2025no valueno valuenot covered
About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Kjetil” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe
Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression
SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking
computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

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04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7
Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

  • Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

    Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

  • Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)

    Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.