Given name
Halvor
“the guardian of the rock”
Halvor is a variant of Halvard. One interpretation is “the guardian of the rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Halvor is a variant of Halvard. One interpretation is “the guardian of the rock.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Halvor is a variant of Halvard. An origin associated with Halvard is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Halvor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 108
- 108 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 10 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 5 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Halvor’s family of names
Halvor has a surname derivative in HALVORSEN. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Halvor has a related form in Hallvord. Halvor has a related form in Halvard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Halvor
- Halvor Egner GranerudNorwegian ski jumperborn 1996
- Halvor NæsNorwegian ski jumper (1927–2022)1928–2022
- Halvor BirchDanish gymnast (1885–1962)
- Halvor Birkelandsailor1894–1971
- Halvor Møgstersailor1875–1950
- Halvor AspholNorwegian ski jumperborn 1961
- Halvor PerssonNorwegian ski jumperborn 1966
- Halvor NordhaugNorwegian bishopborn 1953
- Halvor SolbergNorwegian meteorologist1895–1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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