Entry № 0717 · Old Norse origin

Halla Halla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAH-lah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Old Norse

Meaning

"Hall (Iceland's first poet-saint)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Old Norse)

The meaning

A name that means "hall (iceland's first poet-saint)".

Halla is from the Old Norse hǫll (hall, stone) — feminine form of Hallr. **Halla Eyjólfsdóttir (c. 935-?)** was the medieval Icelandic woman known from the Landnámabók. Halla Tómasdóttir (born 1968) is the **current President of Iceland** (elected 2024).

Used widely in modern Iceland.

Hall, stone. The current President of Iceland.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Halla

Transliteration: Halla
Pronunciation: / ˈhɑːl.lə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Halla stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Halla · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Hallas before her.

Real people

Halla Tómasdóttir

President of Iceland.

born 1968

In fiction

Halla

Heroine of Woman at War.

Benedikt Erlingsson, 2018

Names connected to Halla.

Numerology

The number behind Halla.

The Humanitarian

Halla reduces to nine — the number of Icelandic.

Parents on Halla

Why families chose this name.

"Iceland's president. Five letters. Halla."

Sigrid · Mother of one · Reykjavík