Given name · also Old Norse
Haldor
“of the thunderous rock”
Haldor is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the thunderous rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “of the thunderous rock.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Haldor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Haldor’s family of names
Haldor has a feminine form in Haldora. Haldor has a related form in Haldar. Haldor has a related form in Halder.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Haldor
- Haldor HaldersonCanadian ice hockey player (1900-1965)
- Haldor LægreidNorwegian singerborn 1970
- Haldor BørveNorwegian architect (1857-1933)
- Haldor TopsøeDanish chemical engineer (1913-2013)
- Haldor BoenAmerican politician (1851-1912)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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