Type Element Usage Ancient Scandinavian Meaning & History Old Norse element meaning "high", or possibly "horse". Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Given Name DescendantsHákon, Hávarðr(Ancient Scandinavian) Hagen(Danish) Howard(English) Hákon(Icelandic) Haakon, Håkon, Håvard(Norwegian) Håkan(Swedish) Surname DescendantsHaward, Howard(English) Haakonsson(Norwegian) Håkansson(Swedish) Same Spellingha (1), ha (2), ha (3) Entry added December 3, 2014