Håkon
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Hákon. Cognate with Swedish Håkan.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Håkon
- a male given name
Related terms edit
- (surnames) Håkonsen
References edit
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 12 109 males with the given name Håkon living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 1900s decade and in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- Haakon (alternative spelling)
Regional variations
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Hákon. Cognate with Faroese Hákun, Icelandic Hákon, Swedish Håkan and Danish Hågen.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Håkon m
- a male given name from Old Norse
Usage notes edit
Patronymics:
- son of Håkon: Håkonsson
- daughter of Håkon: Håkonsdotter
Related terms edit
- (surnames) Håkonsen
References edit
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Håkon”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 303 males with the given name Håkon living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with frequency peaks in the 1900s decade and in the 1990s. Accessed on 5th November, 2022.