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In the world, Hakon (Håkon , Hakon , Якун ) is a rare male given name. The first name Hakon is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Norway, where it is quite a common boy's name, Iceland, and Denmark, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Norway, Germany, and Iceland. Much less frequently, Hakon is the last name as well as the forename.
Hakon is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Håkan Bråkan , the fictional character from the Sune books, later spinoff character; Håkon and Kristin , the Mascots of the 1994 Winter Olympics; Håkon Werle , the theatrical character in the play "The Wild Duck" and Håkon VII of Norway , the Håkon VII of Norway as depicted in television series Atlantic Crossing.