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Haavard
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
nb Håvard more common spelling
nb Håvar, nb Haavar variants
Pronunciation
nb /²hoː.ʋar/ [ˈhôː.ʋaɾ]
nb oːʋar 2
nb Håvard Håvar Haavar
nb Haa vard
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male Old Norse, an alternative spelling of nb Håvard
nb Haavard kommer på besøk i morgen. Haavard is coming to visit tomorrow.
nb 25 November 2024 Haavard Haavardsholm Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Haavard_Haavardsholm Haavard Haavardsholm var en norsk forfatter og journalist. Haavard Haavardsholm was a Norwegian author and journalist. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125023741/https://snl.no/Haavard_Haavardsholm 25 January 2025
Usage notes
nb Haavard has its Norwegian name day on 7 July, shared with nb Hulda.
nb Haavard is an older spelling of nb Håvard. It became more common from the late 19th century, but from around 1940 was increasingly replaced by the spelling nb Håvard.
Derived terms
nb Haavardsen patronymic surname
Statistics
In 2022, 204 men in Norway had nb Haavard as their sole or first given name.
References
https://snl.no/Haavard_-_mannsnamn Haavard – mannsnamn Gulbrand Alhaug Store norske leksikon nn 28 May 2024 1 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20240719175944/https://snl.no/Haavard_-_mannsnamn 19 July 2024
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Haavard Haavard Nordic Names 1 September 2026
https://www.babyverden.no/navn/haavard/ Haavard Babyverden 12 January 2022 1 September 2026