Håvard is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “high and to elevate.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Håvard belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “high and to elevate” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Håvard first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2609 in 1946, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 149 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Håvard means “high and to elevate” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Håvard is a boy name.
Håvard comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Håvard first appears in US records in 1912. Its best-ever ranking was #2609 in 1946, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Håvard is pronounced /²hoː.ʋar/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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