Surname
Håland
“high”·“land”
Håland is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Håland is built from elements meaning “high” and “land”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Háland, built from Old Norse hár (“high”) + land.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Håland’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Håland as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with HOLAND. Håland as a surname has an alternative spelling in HAALAND.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
Similar names
If you love Håland, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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95% boys · 5% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% boys
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“stone” · “guardian”
>99% boys
Annand
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68% boys · 32% girls
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