Håvard

Norwegian

Alternative forms

  • Haavard
  • Hovøl, Haavor (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited 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

  • Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Håvard”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 197
  • 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.
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