Boy · Irish, through Old Norse
Kjartan
Say it: KYAR-tahn
Meaning
Probably from the Irish name Muirchertach, adopted by Norse settlers.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A sign of Irish influence among the Norse settlers of Iceland, still used there and in Norway.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Irish | Muirchertach |
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Famous bearers
- Kjartan Ólafsson, hero of Laxdæla saga
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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