Given name
Halvdan
“half-Dane”
Halvdan is used as a given name. One Norwegian interpretation is “half-Dane.”
Original Old NorseHalfdanr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Norwegian interpretation is “half-Dane.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
From Old Norse Halfdanr, built from Norwegian Nynorsk halv + dan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Halvdan’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Halvdan shares a linguistic root with the Icelandic form Hálfdan. Halvdan has a related form in Halden. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Halvdan has a related form in Halfdan.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Halvdan
- Halfdan RagnarssonViking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army900–877
- Halvdan KohtNorwegian historian and politician (1873-1965)
- Halvdan SivertsenNorwegian musicianborn 1950
- Halfdan Long-LegViking warrior850
- Halvdan AarsrudNorwegian politician (1878–1925)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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