Håkon

See also: Haakon and Hákon

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Haakon

Etymology

From Old Norse Hákon. Cognate with Swedish Håkan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːkʊn/
• Rhymes: -un

Proper noun

Håkon

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (surnames) Håkonsen

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• Haakon (alternative spelling)

Regional variations

• Håko (Hardanger, Voss, Sognamål)
• Håka (north)
• Håkå, Håkkå (Østerdalsmål)
• Håken (opp)
• Hakko (Trysilmål)

Etymology

From Old Norse Hákon. Cognate with Faroese Hákun, Icelandic Hákon, Swedish Håkan and Danish Hågen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hɔːkun/
• (Sognamål) IPA^(key): /²hauːkon/, [²hɐ̞u̞ːkon]
• Rhymes: -un

Proper noun

Håkon m

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Usage notes

Patronymics:

• son of Håkon: Håkonsson
• daughter of Håkon: Håkonsdotter

Related terms

• (surnames) Håkonsen

References

• 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.