Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Kettil
“of the cauldron”
Kettil is used as a given name and a surname. One Swedish interpretation is “of the cauldron.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Swedish interpretation is “of the cauldron.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Kettil is a short form of Amketill.
Kettil’s family of names
Kettil is a short form of Amketill. Kettil shares a linguistic root with Keld. Kettil has a related form in Ketty.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kettyvariant
- Kettivariant
- Kjellcontraction
- Ketillvariant
- Ketteevariant
- Ketteyvariant
- Kettievariant
- Kjeldvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kettil
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