Havelok

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Gender Masculine
Usage Literature, Medieval English
Other Forms FormsAveloc, Haveloc, Haveloch, Havelocke
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Meaning & History

Medieval English form of Old Norse Hafleikr, which literally means "sea sport" from Old Norse haf "sea, ocean" and leikr "play" (more specifically, a word with three distinct meanings: "beauty", "game", and "lay"). This was the name of the hero of the 13th-century Middle English romance Havelok the Dane. This name is also the source of the English surname HAVELOCK.