Haakon
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Norwegian: a male given name, an older spelling of Håkon
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɑɑkʊn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Haakon is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country.
- NONorway1 in 1.9K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 728K
- GHGhana≈1 in 41K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Haakon itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Norway (measured from records)
- Sources
- 111 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
2,881 people, 2025
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Hakon in DK Denmark, IS Iceland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Norwegian form of Old Norse Hákon, from há “high” + konr “descendant, son”.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Haakon is read(measured from records)
Haakon is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Norwegian44%
a male given name, an older spelling of Håkon
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English25%
A male given name from Old Norse; that of many kings of Norway.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
county. SD
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Old Norse name; 'high son'
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The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Haakon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | #138 | 2,881 | 1 in 1.9K | 49K | Haakon | 111 |
| GH Ghana | #647 | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Haakon | 6 |
| IS Iceland | #724 | 484as Hákon | 1 in 725 | 484 | Hakon | 39 |
| US United States | — | 457 | 1 in 728K | 457 | Haakon | 110 |
| SE Sweden | — | 208as Håkon | 1 in 49K | 208 | Haakon | 12 |
| DK Denmark | #875 | 162as Håkon | 1 in 36K | 162 | Hakon | 46 |
2,881 people counted by SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891), 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Haakon is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Norwegian form of Old Norse Hákon, from há “high” + konr “descendant, son”.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Origine scandinave, signifie « de haute naissance ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Haakon?
- In the etymology graph, Håkan, Håkon and Hákon are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Haakon?
- A machine transcription gives /hɑɑkʊn/ (IPA) for Norwegian.
- 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.
- Where does the name Haakon come from?
- Norwegian form of Old Norse Hákon, from há “high” + konr “descendant, son”. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What does the name Haakon mean?
- In Norwegian, a male given name, an older spelling of Håkon
- In which country does Haakon have the most bearers?
- In Norway, the national register counted about 2.9 thousand people named Haakon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled haakon.
- Where is Haakon most common?
- Haakon is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.9 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Haakon?
- In Norway, the national register counted 2,881 people named Haakon in 2025, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Haakon compared with other names?
- In Norway, Haakon is the 138th most common given name of 25,788 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Haakon?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/haakonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Haakon” — the 138th most common given name in Norway. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.