Kjartan
| Kjartan | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old Irish name Muirchertach |
| Region of origin | Iceland, Norway, Denmark |
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Kjartan (Icelandic: [ˈcʰar̥tan]; Faroese: [ˈtʃʰaɻ̊ʈan]) is a masculine given name found most prominently in the Nordic countries. The Old Norse name Kjartan was a shortening of Mýrkjartan, from Old Irish: Muirchertach, the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish Mael Curcaigh, "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave.[1] The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to Muircheartach, anglicised as Murtagh.[2]
Kjartan may refer to:
- Kjartan Finnbogason (born 1986), Icelandic international football player
- Kjartan Fløgstad (born 1944), Norwegian author
- Kjartan Gunnarsson (born 1951), Icelandic politician and lawyer
- Kjartan Haugen (born 1975), Norwegian cross-country skier and Paralympic gold medallist
- Kjartan Kristiansen (born 1963), Norwegian guitarist and backing vocalist in band DumDum Boys
- Kjartan Ólafsson (born 1958), Icelandic musicologist, composer and academic
- Kjartan Poskitt (born 1956), English author and television presenter
- Kjartan Salvesen (born 1976), Norwegian pop singer
- Kjartan Sturluson (born 1975), Icelandic international football goalkeeper
- Kjartan Sveinsson (born 1978), Icelandic keyboardist of the band Sigur Rós
References
- ↑ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
- ↑ Kjartan on NordicNames.de
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