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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources
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Haldor m. Old Icelandic hallr 'rock, stone' + Old Icelandic Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder'.

Found in Scandinavia, and in areas of Scandinavian influence such as the Danelaw. In Finland and Estonia from the 1500s, the variant form Hallor was used.

Estonia
Middle Low German
◑ 1592 Halli Tiik1977 p. 286, Hallo ibid. p. 286
Early Modern Swedish
◑ 1592 Hallust Tiik1977 p. 286
Iceland
Middle Icelandic
● 1504 Halldor (nom) DipIs-7 655, Halldorz (gen) ibid. 655
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Haldorus (nom) SDHK no. 6054
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Haldor". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Haldor.