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Havel

“cock”

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Czech

Origin: Latin
2 language contexts: Czech Danish
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01 / Meaning & origin

About Havel

Havel is a masculine given name documented in Czech and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin via Old Irish, with the stated meaning “cock”.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “cock”

From Old Irish Gall, the name of a seventh-century Irish monk, missionary to Swabia, from the Latin cognomen Gallus, originally from gallus (“cock”) but later associated with Gallus (“Gaul”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q18343227CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Wikimedia Commons: File:Cs-Havel.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · 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 Havel

Havel is a masculine given name documented in Czech and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin via Old Irish, with the stated meaning “cock”.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “cock”

From Old Irish Gall, the name of a seventh-century Irish monk, missionary to Swabia, from the Latin cognomen Gallus, originally from gallus (“cock”) but later associated with Gallus (“Gaul”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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countries in our sources

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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 Q18343227CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: HavelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Cs-Havel.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · 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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Denmark

Popularity over time

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Denmark

Popularity over time

History

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Meet the family

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A name worth keeping.

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