Kjartan Name Meaning & Origin
Kjartan
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This name, pronounced KYAR-tən, was the 33rd most common name amongst Icelandic males in 2007, and the joint-24th most common amongst those aged 4 and under.
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- Nicknames for Kjartan
Chris, Kris
- Meanings and history of 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
Kjartan Sveinsson - keyboardist with Sigur Rós
- Kjartan in song, story & screen
Kjartan Ólafsson - hero of the Laxdæla saga
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