Name Kjartan

Origin:

From a Old Irish word for warrior

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Name info:

About the name Kjartan in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Icelandic
US 2024 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Artan Details

Group info:

About Kjartan, the group of names with the same origin as Kjartan

Language of origin:	Old Irish
Info about origin:	Short form of Mýrkjartan, from Old Irish Muircheartach
	Muircheartach was an Irish king whose daughter was brought to Iceland as a slave
Words:	muir = the sea Celtic
	cheartach = the warrior Old Irish
Topics:	Short form, Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	42:Kjartan Iceland 2015
Old/original forms:	Muircheartach Old Irish, Mýrkjartan Icelandic
Name variants:	Kjartan Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Kjartan

Series	Graph	Rankings
Iceland prevalence		2015 42