76%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Swedish, Icelandic, German Pronounced Pron. BYUUN(Swedish) PYUURTN(Icelandic) BYUURN(German) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn meaning "bear". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantBjoern(Swedish) DiminutivesBjarne, Björne(Swedish) Bjarni(Icelandic) Other Languages & CulturesBjǫrn, Bjarni(Ancient Scandinavian) Bjørn, Bjarke, Bjarne, Bjoern(Danish) Bjarni(Faroese) Bjørn, Bjarne, Bjoern(Norwegian) Ber(Yiddish) Surname DescendantBjörnsson(Swedish) Same SpellingBjørn, BjǫrnUser SubmissionBjorn PopularityDetails Last ranked #18 in 1977 Germany Last ranked #36 in 2016 Iceland Last ranked #463 in 2020 (Björn) #416 in 2020 (Bjorn) Netherlands Last ranked #87 in 2019 Norway Last ranked #94 in 2020 Sweden Last ranked #868 in 2019 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature natural wholesome strong rough strange serious Name DaysName Days? Sweden: June 18 Categories animals, nature, singers Entry updated June 13, 2019