Kjell is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “kettle.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Kjell belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “kettle” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kjell first appears in Social Security records in 1958. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2260 in 1968, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 359 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kjell means “kettle” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kjell is a boy name.
Kjell comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Kjell first appears in US records in 1958. Its best-ever ranking was #2260 in 1968, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Kjell is pronounced /ɕɛl/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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