FORM OF: ciar. LANGUAGE FAMILY: indo-european > celtic > insular celtic > goidelic > irish ORIGIN: irish NAME ROOT: CIAR > CIARáN. MEANING: This name derives from the Gaelic given name “Ciarán”, meaning “little dark one" or "blacky“, from the Irish element “ciar”, meaning “black, dark”.
Contribute your knowledge to the name Kjartan Kjartan is a shortening of Mýrkjartan, which is a Norse appropriation of the Irish name Muirchertach, meaning 'mariner'. Famous real-life people named Kjartan: | Edit. Kjartan Sveinsson - keyboardist with Sigur Rós.
Kjell is a masculine given name in Norway, Finland and Sweden, in Denmark the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. It is derived from the Old Norse: kętill, meaning "kettle," "cauldron," or "helmet." In 2007, there were 59,011 men in Sweden with "Kjell" as their first name, making it the 42nd most common masculine name in Sweden.
Kjell is a masculine given name in Norway, Finland and Sweden, in Denmark the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. It is derived from the Old Norse: kętill, meaning "kettle," "cauldron," or "helmet." In 2007, there were 59,011 men in Sweden with "Kjell" as their first name, making it the 42nd most common masculine name in Sweden.
"Kettle, cauldron, helmet", from Old Norse. Famous real-life people named Kjetil: | Edit. Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier.
