Boy · Old Norse
Hálfdan
Say it: HAHLV-dahn
Meaning
From Old Norse hálfr 'half' and Danr 'a Dane': 'half-Dane'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A royal name in Viking-age Norway and Denmark, also found in England during the Viking settlement.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Halfdan
| Norwegian | Halvdan |
|---|---|
| Old English | Healfdene |
Famous bearers
- Halfdan the Black, king in Norway and father of Harald Fairhair
- Halfdan Ragnarsson, leader of the Great Heathen Army
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
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