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Swedish and Norwegian
"helmet of god"
Swedish and Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Asketill.
Norwegian
"kettle; cauldron; helmet"
An old Norwegian name derived from ketill , the word for a cauldron or kettle used to catch sacrificial animal blood in ancient Norse pagan rituals. Today the name is more often seen in its Kjetil…
Danish form of Ketil, Norwegian
"kettle, cauldron, helmet"
Ultimately from the Old Norse Ketill , this name means "cauldron" or "kettle", though it later came to mean "helmet" too. Kjeld is a Danish form that saw some popularity in the Netherlands in the…
German
"protective helmet"
Hilma is heard in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, and sometimes used as a shortening of Wilhelmina--though there are more appealing German names for girls . to be found. Hilma Wolitzer is an…
Scandinavian
"helmet protector"
Old Norse name that lives on more appealingly in modern times as Jalmari, short form Jari. This form remains popular in Sweden, however.
Finnish form of Old Norse Hjalmar
Distinctive-sounding Scandinavian name . with deep roots. Short form is the attractive Jari.
Old Danish and Old Swedish
"Thor's helmet"
Old Swedish
"stone helmet"