Bjørn

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Bjørn

1. a male given name from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), equivalent to Swedish Björn or Icelandic Björn

• Bjarke, Bjarne, Thorbjørn

From Old Norse Bjǫrn.

• IPA^(key): /pjœtn/
• Rhymes: -œtn

Bjørn m

1. a male given name

Patronymics [1]

• son of Bjørn: Bjarnarson or Bjørnsson
• daughter of Bjørn: Bjarnardóttir or Bjørnsdóttir

From Old Norse Bjǫrn, from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), whence also bjørn. Also a medieval short form of compound names containing the element. Cognate with Faroese and Danish Bjørn and Icelandic and Swedish Björn.

• IPA^(key): /bjœrn/, /bjœnː/, /bjœdn/
• Rhymes: -œrn, -œnː, -œdn
• Homophone: bjørn

Bjørn m

1. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “bear”, feminine equivalent Bera or Birna

Patronymics:

• son of Bjørn: Bjørnsson
• daughter of Bjørn: Bjørnsdotter

Male given names:

Female given names:

Surnames:

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 58
• Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎^[2] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 11
• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 37 192 males with the given name Bjørn living in Norway on January 1st 2022. Accessed on 7th December, 2022.