Haakon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hakon in NO Norway, DK Denmark, IS Iceland and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Haakon is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name890 records spelled Haakon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, United Kingdom, Türkiye

  Also written Håakon, Háakon

• Spanish given name554 records spelled Haakon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, Argentina, Spain

  Also written Haåkon, Hååkon

• Russian surname153 records spelled Haakon17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Norway, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Хокон, Якун, Hakon, Håkon, Хакон

• a separate given name148 records spelled Haakon2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States

  Also written Hååkon

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Haakon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A male given name from Old Norse; that of many kings of Norway.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian, a male given name, an older spelling of Håkon

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, county. SD

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Origine scandinave, signifie « de haute naissance ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, Old Norse name; 'high son'

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 80 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Haakon VII of Norwayb. 1872NOKing of Norway from 1905 to 1957 (1872–1957)
• Haakon Sheteligb. 1877NONorwegian archaeologist (1877–1955)
• Haakon Sörvikb. 1886SESwedish gymnast (1886–1970)
• Håkon O. Wikab. 1899NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian politician (1899-1981)
• Haakon Chevalierb. 1901USAmerican translator, writer and academic (1901–1985)
• Haakon Lieb. 1905NONorwegian politician (1905–2009)
• Haakon Sandtorpb. 1911NONorwegian cyclist (1911-1974)
• Robert Swendsenb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican physicist
• Haakon Bruun-Hanssenb. 1960NONorwegian Admiral
• Haakonb. 1973NOCrown Prince of Norway

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 254 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Haakon?

We estimate roughly 4.4 thousand people bear Haakon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Haakon have the most bearers?

We estimate about 2.9 thousand people bear Haakon in Norway, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled hakon.

Where is Haakon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Haakon is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 633 people — even though Norway holds more of our records for it.

How common is Haakon compared with other names?

In Norway, Haakon is the 49th most common given name of 38,312 given names recorded there.

Is Haakon a male or female name?

Haakon is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Haakon mean?

Recorded meaning: Norwegian form of Old Norse Hákon, from há “high” + konr “descendant, son”.