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Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse Hávarðr, from hǫð (“battle”) or hár (“high”) + varðr (“guard”). Cognate with English Howard.
Proper noun
Håvard
- a male given name
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 977 males with the given name Håvard living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.