Håvard

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Haavard

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hǫð (“battle”) or hár (“high”) + varðr (“guard”). Cognate with English Howard.

Proper noun

Håvard

1. a male given name

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 977 males with the given name Håvard living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.