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

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)
Same SpellingBjørn, Bjǫrn
User SubmissionBjorn

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