Given name
Hálfdan
“half-Dane”
Hálfdan shares an earlier linguistic root with Halvdan. One Norwegian interpretation is “half-Dane.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hálfdan shares an earlier linguistic root with Halvdan. One Norwegian interpretation is “half-Dane.”
Explained through its name family
Hálfdan’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Hálfdan shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Halvdan.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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