Type Word & Element Usage Old Norse Meaning & History Old Norse word meaning "high". Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Culturesheah(Anglo-Saxon) hauhaz(Old Germanic) hoh(Old High German) Given Name DescendantsHoward, Hammond(English) Hákun(Faroese) Hákon(Icelandic) Haakon, Håkon, Håvard(Norwegian) Hákon, Hámundr, Hávarðr(Old Norse) Håkan(Swedish) Surname DescendantsHammond, Haward, Howard(English) Haakonsson(Norwegian) Håkansson(Swedish) Same Spellinghar 1, har 2