Halldór as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Halldór

What is the meaning of the name Halldór ?

The baby name Halldór is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HAHTL-tohr.

Halldór is Icelandic in Origin.

Halldór is the modern Icelandic and Faroese continuation of Old Norse Hallþórr, with a later medieval spelling Halldórr after assimilation of lþ to lld. The compound joins hallr, a masculine noun for a rock or stone, with Þórr, the thunder-god’s name, itself from Proto-Germanic *Þun(a)raz, thunder. As a dithematic Norse name, its literal sense is best read as Thor-rock or rock of Thor, rather than a phrase in ordinary syntax.

The name belongs to the medieval Scandinavian naming stock and survived especially in Iceland, where inherited Norse names remained compatible with patronymics such as Halldórsson and Halldórsdóttir. It is also recorded in the Faroe Islands and, in smaller numbers, elsewhere in the Nordic countries, often without the accent as Halldor or Haldor. Literary recognition abroad chiefly comes through Halldór Laxness, the Icelandic Nobel laureate in literature; other bearers include politicians and scholars in modern Iceland.