Given name
Halldór
Halldór is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.
Original Old NorseHalldórr
Meaning & origin
Halldór’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Halldór has a diminutive in Halli. In Faroese usage, Halldór continues an earlier form in Halldórr. In Icelandic usage, Halldór has a diminutive in Dóri.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Halldór
- Halldór LaxnessIcelandic author (1902-1998)
- Halldór ÁsgrímssonIcelandic politician (1947-2015)
- Halldór HelgasonIcelandic snowboarderborn 1991
- Halldor MarIcelandic songwriter and guitaristborn 1972
- Halldór BlöndalIcelandic politician1938–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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