Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 8 977 males with the given name Håvard living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Etymology
From Old NorseHávarðr, from hǫð(“battle”) or hár(“high”) + varðr(“guard”). Cognate with English Howard.