Kjeld
Kjeld is a Danish male given name .
Origin and meaning
Kjeld is the Danish form of the Swedish given name Kettil, which in turn was derived from the Old Norse name Ketill with the original meaning "(sacrificial) boiler", later also "helmet".
The Swedish and Norwegian forms of the name is Kjell ; another Norwegian form is Kjetil .
Well-known namesake
Saint
- Kjeld von Viborg (approx. 1100–1150), provost of the cathedral, patron saint of Viborg
First name
- Kjeld Abell (1901–1961), Danish writer
- Kjeld Holm (* 1945), Bishop of the Lutheran Danish People's Church
- Kjeld Matthiessen (1930–2010), German classical philologist
- Kjeld Nørgaard (* 1938), Danish actor
- Kjeld Nuis (* 1989), Dutch speed skater
- Kjeld Olesen (* 1932), Danish social democratic politician
- Kjeld Seneca (* 1950), Danish football player
stage name
- Jan & Kjeld , Danish brothers and singers
Fictional character
- Kjeld Jensen , figure in the Olsen Gang