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Hakan - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Hakan

[ 2 syll. ha-kan, hak-an ] The boy name Hakan is pronounced HHEYKahN or HHAAKahN KEY.

1: Hakan's origin is Old Norse, and its use, Scandinavian. The name Hakan means 'high son'. Two-element name derived from ha and konr which are of the meanings 'horse, high' and 'son, descendant' respectively. An older form of the name is Hákon (Old Norse). The name Håkon has been borne by seven Norwegian kings. Forms of the name include the Scandinavian Haakon, the German and English Hagan, the English, German, and Scandinavian Hagen, the Scandinavian Hako, the Scandinavian Hakon, the Scandinavian Hákon, and the Scandinavian Håkon.

2: Hakan's origin and use are both in the Turkish language. Derived from the element 'kaan' meaning khan, ruler.

3: Hakan's origin is Native American. Meaning: fiery.

Hakan is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Hakan include Haakon (Scandinavian), Haakim (English), Hackman, Hagan (German and English), Hagen (English, German, and Scandinavian), Haggan (English), Hakeem (Arabic and English), Hakem, Hakim (Arabic and English), Hakon (Scandinavian), Hasan (Arabic), Haseem (English), Hashim (Arabic and Urdu), Hasim (English), Hasin, Hassan (Arabic), Hazem (Arabic), Hazen (English), Hákon (Scandinavian), and Håkon (Scandinavian).

KEY: English pronunciation for Hakan: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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