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Hallgeir

“stone” + “spear”

masculineLatin script

/²halːɡɛɪ(ː)r/ · Norwegian Nynorsk (newer, from written form)

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

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hallgeir

Hallgeir is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Faroese, Icelandic and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Hallgeirr, from the components “stone” + “spear”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “stone” + “spear”

From Old Norse Hallgeirr, from hallr (“stone”) + geirr (“spear”). Cognate with Faroese Halgeir, Halgir and Icelandic Hallgeir.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (6)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q4582492
Masculine usage in Faroese · Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Norwegian Nynorsk · Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Icelandic · Greek Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Norwegian · Greek Wiktionary: Hallgeir

Explore all 5 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Hallgeir” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q4582492.

Name day: 08-14 (Norway).

All pronunciation details (3)

/²halːɡɛɪ(ː)r/ — Norwegian Nynorsk (newer, from written form)
/²halːjər/ — Norwegian Nynorsk
/²halːjɛɪr/ — Norwegian Nynorsk

02 / Across borders

Where Hallgeir is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hallgeir’s connections around the world.

1 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 2001: 4 boys (rank 525). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk.

Explore Norway

2 of 2 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Hallgeir

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2001: 4; births; Rank #525
Peak year: 1956; 69 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hallgeir in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	349	observed
1952	34	143	observed
1953	42	124	observed
1954	33	141	observed
1955	53	113	observed
1956	69	98	observed
1957	30	152	observed
1958	50	122	observed
1959	47	129	observed
1960	51	122	observed
1961	31	156	observed
1962	46	130	observed
1963	39	143	observed
1964	35	164	observed
1965	32	168	observed
1966	16	255	observed
1967	23	213	observed
1968	13	293	observed
1969	22	228	observed
1970	20	240	observed
1971	17	265	observed
1972	20	244	observed
1973	10	377	observed
1974	12	342	observed
1975	10	389	observed
1976	11	370	observed
1977	23	226	observed
1978	20	253	observed
1979	21	241	observed
1980	13	330	observed
1981	9	427	observed
1982	8	456	observed
1983	9	431	observed
1984	16	303	observed
1985	6	525	observed
1986	9	428	observed
1987	5	553	observed
1988	4	616	observed
1989	6	517	observed
1990	4	600	observed
1991	4	601	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	7	445	observed
1994	9	383	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	6	459	observed
1997	4	549	observed
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	4	533	observed
2001	4	525	observed
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Hallgeir” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hallgeir Brenden
1929–2007
Norwegian male cross-country skier (1929-2007)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hallgeir Engebråten
born 1999
Norwegian speed skater
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Hallgeir with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

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 Q4582492CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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 Hallgeir

Hallgeir is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Faroese, Icelandic and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Hallgeirr, from the components “stone” + “spear”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “stone” + “spear”

From Old Norse Hallgeirr, from hallr (“stone”) + geirr (“spear”). Cognate with Faroese Halgeir, Halgir and Icelandic Hallgeir.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (6)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q4582492
Masculine usage in Faroese · Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Norwegian Nynorsk · Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Danish · Greek Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Icelandic · Greek Wiktionary: Hallgeir
Masculine usage in Norwegian · Greek Wiktionary: Hallgeir

Explore all 5 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Hallgeir” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q4582492.

Name day: 08-14 (Norway).

All pronunciation details (3)

/²halːɡɛɪ(ː)r/ — Norwegian Nynorsk (newer, from written form)
/²halːjər/ — Norwegian Nynorsk
/²halːjɛɪr/ — Norwegian Nynorsk

Where Hallgeir is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hallgeir’s connections around the world.

1 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 2001: 4 boys (rank 525). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk.

Explore Norway

2 of 2 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Hallgeir

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2001: 4; births; Rank #525
Peak year: 1956; 69 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hallgeir in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	349	observed
1952	34	143	observed
1953	42	124	observed
1954	33	141	observed
1955	53	113	observed
1956	69	98	observed
1957	30	152	observed
1958	50	122	observed
1959	47	129	observed
1960	51	122	observed
1961	31	156	observed
1962	46	130	observed
1963	39	143	observed
1964	35	164	observed
1965	32	168	observed
1966	16	255	observed
1967	23	213	observed
1968	13	293	observed
1969	22	228	observed
1970	20	240	observed
1971	17	265	observed
1972	20	244	observed
1973	10	377	observed
1974	12	342	observed
1975	10	389	observed
1976	11	370	observed
1977	23	226	observed
1978	20	253	observed
1979	21	241	observed
1980	13	330	observed
1981	9	427	observed
1982	8	456	observed
1983	9	431	observed
1984	16	303	observed
1985	6	525	observed
1986	9	428	observed
1987	5	553	observed
1988	4	616	observed
1989	6	517	observed
1990	4	600	observed
1991	4	601	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	7	445	observed
1994	9	383	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	6	459	observed
1997	4	549	observed
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	4	533	observed
2001	4	525	observed
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hallgeir Brenden
1929–2007
Norwegian male cross-country skier (1929-2007)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hallgeir Engebråten
born 1999
Norwegian speed skater
Wikipedia Wikidata source

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 Q4582492CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HallgeirCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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 Hallgeir

Old Norse origin

Where Hallgeir is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Hallgeir Brenden

Hallgeir Engebråten

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hallgeir

Old Norse origin

Where Hallgeir is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Hallgeir Brenden

Hallgeir Engebråten

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page