Given name & surname
Hakon
“of the chosen race; one who is exalted”
Hakon is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the chosen race; one who is exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the chosen race; one who is exalted.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hakon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,692 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,692 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hakon’s family of names
Hakon shares a linguistic root with Håkan. In English usage, Hakon has a related form in Haakon. Hakon has a related form in Haakon.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Haakonvariant · English
- Haakenvariant
- Hakkonlikely variant
- Haakynvariant
- Hakynvariant
- Hakinvariant
- Hakenvariant
- Hackonvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hakon
- Hakon AhlbergSwedish architect (1891–1984)
- Hakon BørresenDanish composer (1876–1954)
- Hakon SunnivassonDanish nobleman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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