Save Gender Feminine Usage Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese Other Forms FormsHallabera, Hábera? Meaning & History Derived from Old Norse hallr meaning "flat stone, slab, big stone, boulder" (compare Hallr, Halli) and (the hypothetical reconstructed root) *ber- "bear" (also found in the noun berserkr), making it a feminine equivalent of Hallbjörn.