Haakon (given name)

Haakon (given name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Haakon



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caption=Hákon the Good, by Peter Nicolai Arbo. The name Haakon is mostly known for being the names of several Norwegian kings.
pronunciation=
gender = Male
meaning = "High Son" from "há" (high) and "konr" (son)
region =
origin = Norwegian
related names =
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Haakon (also spelled Håkon, Hakon, Hákon, Håkan or Haco) is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name "Hákon" meaning "High Son" from "há" (high) and "konr" (son).

Haakon was the name of seven kings of Norway (see Norwegian royalty).

* King Haakon I of Norway, Haakon the Good
* King Haakon Magnusson of Norway
* King Haakon II of Norway, Haakon Herdebrei
* King Haakon III of Norway, Haakon Sverreson
* King Haakon IV of Norway, Haakon the Old
* King Haakon V of Norway, Haakon V Magnusson
* King Haakon VI of Norway, Haakon VI Magnusson
* King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel
* Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, (If he succeeds as expected, he will be known as Haakon VIII)

Other uses of Haakon or Håkon:
* Håkon Wium Lie, one of the inventors of Cascading Style Sheets
* Haakon County, South Dakota
* "Haakon", a Varangian mentioned in the inscription on the Piraeus Lion
*In the Star Trek universe, the Haakonian race are the founders of the Haakonian Order in .

ee also

*Håkan


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