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Björn

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Gender Masculine
Usage Swedish, Icelandic, German
Pronounced Pron. BYUUN(Swedish)
PYUURTN(Icelandic)
BYUURN(German)
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Meaning & History

From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn meaning "bear".

Related Names

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VariantBjoern(German)
DiminutivesBjarne, Björne(Swedish) Bjarni(Icelandic)
Other Languages & CulturesBjørn, Bjarke, Bjarne(Danish) Bear(English) Bjarni(Faroese) Bjørn, Bjarne(Norwegian) Bjǫrn, Bjarni(Old Norse) Ber(Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsBjörnsson(Icelandic) Björnsson(Swedish)
Same SpellingBjørn, Bjǫrn
User SubmissionBjorn

Popularity

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Last ranked #192 in 1995 (Björn) #177 in 1999 (Bjorn) Belgium
Last ranked #50 in 2020 Denmark
Last ranked #659 in 2021 England and Wales
Last ranked #18 in 1977 Germany
Last ranked #36 in 2016 Iceland
Last ranked #463 in 2020 (Björn) #451 in 2021 (Bjorn) Netherlands
Last ranked #93 in 2022 Norway
Last ranked #58 in 2022 Sweden
Last ranked #776 in 2022 United States

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Sweden: June 18

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Entry updated June 13, 2019

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