Name: Håkan
Gender: Male
Usage: Håkan is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Håkan are in general originating from Norway, Sweden.
Variants: For another variant of the name Håkan across the world, see Hakan.
We apologize, but we don't have a meaning for this name. Please feel free to read what others say about this name and to share your comments if you have more information.
To test the compatibility of the name Håkan with another, enter a name here and click Name Compatibility
You will get a result that shows how much the two names match up.
Numerology of the first name Håkan: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
Learn more with our free Numerology Tool
The name Håkan is ranked on the 107,869th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Håkan has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Håkan for each year.
We do not have a name day for Håkan.
For other names check our Name Day Calendar
History and Origin
Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse Hákon. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is "high son" from Old Norse há- (Proto-Norse hauha-) (high) and konr (kin).
On Swedish runestones the name is usually written Hakun and in medieval documents usually Haquon or in the Latinised versions Haqvin/Haqvinus. From the 16th century and onwards the name is usually written Håkan. Although in some western regions the name can be found as Håkon and Håka as late as in the 18th century.
In Old East Slavic the name was written Yakun (Cyrillic: Якун). For example the Primary Chronicle mentions the Varangian leader Yakun that arrived in Kievan Rus' in the year 1024 and fought in the Battle of Listven. The name never became popular as a Slavic name but at least two high rank Novgorod officials had the name: the posadnik Yakun Andreevich (Cyrillic: Якун Андреевич) (mentioned 1167) and the tysyatsky Yakun Namnezhich (Cyrillic: Якун Намнежич) (mentioned 1214).
An old English name form Hacon has survived in English placenames like Haconby which literally means Hacon's Village, originating through Norse settlers in England.
Some famous people by this name are:
- Håkan Algotsson, ice hockey goaltender
- Håkan Andersson, Swedish former motocross World Champion
- Håkan Andersson, Director of European Scouting for the Detroit Red Wings professional ice hockey team
- Håkan Carlquist, former motocross world champion
- Håkan Dahlby, double trap shooter
- Håkan Ericsson, wheelchair racer and Paralympian
- Håkan Eriksson, orienteering competitor
- Håkan Eriksson, retired ice hockey player
- Håkan Fredriksson, producer and musician
- Håkan Hagegård, baritone
- Håkan Hardenberger, trumpeter
- Håkan Hellström, musical artist
- Håkan Isacson, Swedish intelligence agent
- Håkan Jeppsson, chairman for the Swedish football club Malmö FF
- Håkan Johansson, drummer
- Håkan Juholt, politician
- Håkan Jörgensen, author and freelance journalist
- Håkan Karlsson, freestyle swimmer
- Håkan Lans, inventor
- Håkan Larsson, politician
- Håkan Loob, ice hockey player
- Håkan Magnusson, 14th-century king of Sweden
- Håkan Malmrot, swimmer
- Håkan Malmström, football player
- Håkan Mild, football player
- Håkan Nesser, author
- Håkan Persson, musical journalist
- Håkan Pettersson, orienteering competitor
- Håkan Spegel, 17-18th century writer
- Håkan Svensson, football goalkeeper
- Håkan Syrén, military general
- Håkan Södergren, ice hockey player
- Håkan Westergren, actor
- Håkan Wirenstrand, keyboardist for Little Dragon
- Håkan the Red, 11th-century king of Sweden
- Håkan Fors, a great DB expert in Sweden
Swedish: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon, composed of the elements hā horse or high + konr son, descendant.
Variant: Hakon (an older form).
Cognates: Danish: Hagen. Norwegian: Håkon.
The section "History and Origin" of this page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Håkan"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
We always try to deliver a high-quality service to our customers. If you consider the information on this page is incomplete or incorrect, please post a comment below. Thank you!
Comments