Kjeld
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kjəlðˀ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kjeld is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Denmark.
- DKDenmark
- NLNetherlands
- NONorway
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kjeld Abellb. 1901DKplaywright (1901-1961)
- Kjeld Mogens Rasmus Jacobsenb. 1915DKDanish actor (1915–1970)
- Kjeld Bonfilsb. 1918DKDanish musician
- Kjeld Petersenb. 1920DKDanish actor (1920-1962)
- Kjeld Olesenb. 1932DKDanish politician (1932–2024)
- Kjeld Hillingsøb. 1935DKDanish general
- Kjeld Thorstb. 1940DKDanish footballer
- Kjeld Kirk Kristiansenb. 1947DKDanish businessman
- Alex Pedersenb. 1966DKnot in their usual nameDanish cyclist (born 1966)
- Kjeld Nuisb. 1989NLDutch speed skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4.9K | #129 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 898 | #1,119 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 780 | #2,432 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 306 | #3,489 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 113 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 112 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 111 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 110 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 109 | #8,040 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 108 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 108 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 107 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Kjeld?
- A machine transcription gives /kjəlðˀ/ (IPA) for Danish.
- Is Kjeld a male or female name?
- Kjeld is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Kjeld?
- In the etymology graph, Kjell, Kjetil and Keld are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Kjeld have the most bearers?
- Kjeld is most frequently recorded in Denmark.
What do you want to know about Kjeld?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kjeldThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kjeld”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.