Björn
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swedish Björn in the 1930s.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Björn
- a male given name
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From björn (“bear”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Björn m
- a male given name
Declension[edit]
declension of Björn
Related terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Bjǫrn, from bjǫrn (“bear”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish. Runic name revived since 1816. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bjørn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Björn c (genitive Björns)
- a male given name
- (rare) a surname
Usage notes[edit]
A common nickname is Björsa.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 61 321 males with the given name Björn (and 1708 persons with the surname Björn) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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