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 language
surface form: Old Norse
gender masculine
hasVariant Haraldur
surface form: Haraldr

Haraldur
Harold
Harold
surface form: Haroldo
historicalUsage Middle Ages
Viking Age
languageOfUse Danish
Faroese
Icelandic
Norwegian language
surface form: Norwegian

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

Harald self-linksurface differs
surface form: Harald Fairhair

Harald Hardrada
Harold Godwinson
surface form: Harald II of England

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 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Harald Fairhair
Harald Cramér givenName Harald