| Pronunciation |
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|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Region | Iceland and Norway |
| Origin | Old Irish name Muirchertach |
Kjartan (Icelandic: ˈcʰar̥tan; Faroese: ˈtʃʰaɻ̊ʈan; Norwegian: çɑːɻtan) is a masculine given name found in the Nordic countries, most prominently in Iceland and Norway. The Old Norse name Kjartan was a shortening of Mýrkjartan, from sga: 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 Lauritzen (born 1995), Norwegian rapper
- Kjartan Ólafsson (disambiguation), various people
- 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
- Kjartan the Cruel, a fictional character in The Last Kingdom television series and The Saxon Stories books
References
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
- ^ Kjartan on NordicNames.de