Bjørn

See also: björn, Björn, bjǫrn, Bjǫrn, and bjørn

Danish

Proper noun

Bjørn

1. .

Related terms

• Bjarke, Bjarne, Thorbjørn

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Bjǫrn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjœtn/
• Rhymes: -œtn

Proper noun

Bjørn m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics [1]

• son of Bjørn: Bjarnarson or Bjørnsson
• daughter of Bjørn: Bjarnardóttir or Bjørnsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Bjørn
Accusative	Bjørn
Dative	Bjørn, Birni
Genitive	Bjarnar, Bjørns

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Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval short form of compound names containing the element Bjørn-, -bjørn, from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), with identical meaning in modern Norwegian. Cognate with Danish Bjørn and Swedish Björn.

Proper noun

Bjørn

1. a male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Bjarne, Bjørnar, Asbjørn, Oddbjørn, Sigbjørn, Torbjørn, Vebjørn, Kolbjørn
• (surnames) Bjørnsen, Bjørnson

See also

• bjørn (Bokmål), bjørn (Nynorsk)

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 39 822 males with the given name Bjørn living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.