Harald

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Harald is a common Scandinavian male given name, historically borne by several notable kings and figures in Norse and European history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Harald canonical 7
Harald Fairhair 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scandinavian masculine given name
given name
category Danish masculine given names
Icelandic masculine given names
Norse masculine given names
Norwegian masculine given names
Swedish masculine given names
cognate English name Harold
German name Harald
componentMeaning hari (army)
wald (rule)
derivedFrom Old Norse name Haraldr
etymologicalOrigin Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
gender masculine
hasVariant Haraldr
linked to: Haraldur

Haraldur
Harold
Haroldo
linked to: Harold
historicalUsage Middle Ages
Viking Age
languageOfUse Danish
Faroese
Icelandic
Norwegian
linked to: Norwegian language

Swedish
meaning army ruler
ruler of the army
nameDayInFinland January 12
nameDayInNorway October 1
nameDayInSweden January 1
notableBearer Harald Bluetooth
linked to: Harold Bluetooth

Harald Fairhair
linked to: Harald

Harald Hardrada
Harald II of England
linked to: Harold Godwinson

Harald III of Denmark
Harald V of Norway
popularity common in Norway
historically common in Denmark
shortForm Harry
usageRegion Denmark
Faroe Islands
Iceland
Norway
Scandinavia
Sweden
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harrold hasRelatedName Harald
Harald Bohr Jr. givenName Harald
Harald Bohr givenName Harald
Harald notableBearer Harald Fairhair
linked to: Harald
Harald Cramér givenName Harald