Kelmendi

Kelmendi is an Albanian family name .

Origin and meaning

Kelmendi is the patronymic of the given name Kelmend . The name "Kelmend" is the Albanian variant of Clemens (Latin for "gentle, mild").

distribution

The name occurs more and more in northern Albania and western Kosovo .

Name bearer

• Jeton Kelmendi (* 1978), Kosovar writer
• Majlinda Kelmendi (* 1991), Albanian-Kosovar judoka
• Nora von Kelmendi , northern Albanian heroine