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Hákun

“high, chosen” + “son, descendant, kin”

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Origin: Old Norse
2 language contexts: Danish Faroese
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hákun

Hákun is a masculine given name documented in Danish and Faroese. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Hákon. It is a form of Hákon, for which English Wikipedia gives the components “high, chosen” + “son, descendant, kin”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “high, chosen” + “son, descendant, kin”

From Old Norse Hákon. (the Sandman): Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk Håka attested in Salten and Senja.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Haakon (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16

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06 / Behind the facts

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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q104530319CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Haakon (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Hákun

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “high, chosen” + “son, descendant, kin”

From Old Norse Hákon. (the Sandman): Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk Håka attested in Salten and Senja.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Haakon (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16

Where Hákun is used

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Denmark

Language records

Documented as a given name in Danish.

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Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q104530319CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HákunCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: Haakon (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-16

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Hákun

Old Norse origin

Where Hákun is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

History

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hákun

Old Norse origin

Where Hákun is used

Across borders

Denmark

Popularity over time

History

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page