Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden),[3] or Háukon or Hákon, is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name Hákon meaning "High Son" from há (high, chosen) and konr (son, descendant, kin). An old English form is
Hacon as in
Haconby, Hacon's Village. The name appears in Scottish Gaelic as Àcainn, as seen in the place-name
Kyleakin, meaning 'Haakon's Narrows', being named after King
Haakon IV of Norway.
Haakon or Håkon was the name of several Norwegian rulers (see
Norwegian royalty):
Håkon Wium Lie (born 1965), Norwegian web pioneer and inventor of
CSS
Fictional characters
Haakon Haakonsen, protagonist of the 1990 film "
Shipwrecked", which was based on Norwegian author
Oluf Falck-Ytter's book Haakon Haakonsen: En Norsk Robinson (Haakon Haakonsen: A Norwegian Robinson).
Hakon One-Eye, one of the Ancient Nord Heroes who fights and vanquishes Alduin the World-Eater (a dragon god) in the 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
^Oxford Dictionary of First Names Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006 "Håkon Norwegian: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon or Háukon, from hā 'horse' or 'high' + konr 'son, descendant'; borne by Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957), and by Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (b. 1973). SWEDISH: Håkan. DANISH: Hakon, Hagen. Halfdan From an Old Norse personal name, originally a byname for ..."
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