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Gender Feminine
Usage Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Other Forms FormsSalbjǫrg (Old Norse), Solbjørg (Norwegian, Danish), Sólbjörg (Icelandic)
Meaning & History
From an Old Norse name derived from the elements sól meaning "the sun" (or sölr "sun-coloured, yellow, sallow"; according to NordicNames.de, this name element's original meaning of "house with one room, big room, hall" (compare Salabert) has been displaced by the later interpretation "sun") and björg "protection, help".