Kettil - Meaning of Kettil
What does Kettil mean?
[ 2 syll. ket-til, ke-tt-il ] The baby boy name Kettil is pronounced KEY-TihL †. Kettil's language of origin is Old Norse and it is predominantly used in the Scandinavian language. The name is usually a short form of various names such as Thorketill with the second element ketill (meaning 'sacrificial cauldron, kettle, helmet'); it can also be considered as an element from which such compound names are formed.
Kettil has 11 variant transcriptions that are used in English and foreign languages. Variation transcriptions of Kettil used in English include Ketil, Ketill, Kettee, Kettey, Ketti, Kettie, and Ketty.
Keld (Scandinavian), Kjeld (Scandinavian), Kjell (Scandinavian), and Kjetil (Scandinavian) are foreign variant transcriptions of the name.
See also the related categories, compound (combination), element, scandinavian, and helmet.
Kettil is an irregularly used baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.
Baby names that sound like Kettil include Kathol, Ketil, Ketill, Kjetil, Cadell, Cadwell, Castel, Castil, Castill, Castol, Castoll, Castul, Castull, Castyl, Castyll, Cathil, Cathol, Cathul, Cathyl, and Codell.
† English pronunciation for Kettil: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"




