Halvdan

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Variant spelling of Halfdan

Related Names

See Halfdanr

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Halvdanarson
Halvdansen
Halvdansson

Female

Halvdanardóttir
Halvdansdatter
Halvdansdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Halvdan
Genitive:	Halvdans

- Faroese
Nominative:	Halvdan
Accusative:	Halvdan
Dative:	Halvdani
Genitive:	Halvdanar / Halvdans

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Halvdan
Genitive:	Halvdans

- Swedish
Nominative:	Halvdan
Genitive:	Halvdans

Name Day

Norway

20 November

Further Information

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1865-1939
• Norway: 1900-1905

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Västsverige
  • Nordsverige

Namesakes

• Halvdan Koht (7 July 1873 – 12 December 1965), Norwegian historian and politician
• Halvdan Johannes Sivertsen (born 5 January 1950), Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 185 people were named Halvdan (percentage of first or only given name: 12 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		0	35	0	0	0	35
Finland		n.a.	7	0	0	n.a.	7
Denmark		2	n.a.	0	n.a.	2	n.a.
Norway		125	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	125	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Halvdan.