Björn

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

German

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Proper noun

Björn

  1. A male given name borrowed from Swedish in the 1930s.

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pjœrtn]
  • Rhymes: -œrtn

Proper noun

Björn

  1. A male given name meaning ‘bear’ (see björn)

Declension
declension of Björn
m-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Björn Björninn Birnir Birnirnir
accusative Björn Björninn Birni Birnina
dative Birni Birninum Björnum Björnunum
genitive Björns / Bjarnar Björnsins / Bjarnarins Bjarna Bjarnanna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Bjǫrn, from bjǫrn (“bear”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish. Runic name revived since 1816. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bjørn.

Proper noun

Björn c (genitive Björns)

  1. A male given name.
  2. (rare) A surname​.

References
  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • 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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