Bjørn
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Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bjørn
- a male given name from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), equivalent to Swedish Björn or Icelandic Björn
Related terms
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bjørn m
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics [1]
- son of Bjørn: Bjarnarson or Bjørnsson
- daughter of Bjørn: Bjarnardóttir or Bjørnsdóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Bjørn |
Accusative | Bjørn |
Dative | Bjørn, Birni |
Genitive | Bjarnar, Bjørns |
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Bjǫrn, from Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), whence also bjørn. Also a medieval short form of compound names containing the element. Cognate with Faroese and Danish Bjørn and Icelandic and Swedish Björn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bjørn m
- a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “bear”, feminine equivalent Bera or Birna
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics:
- son of Bjørn: Bjørnsson
- daughter of Bjørn: Bjørnsdotter
Related terms
[edit]Male given names:
- Arnbjørn
- Audbjørn
- Bere
- Bjare
- Bjarne
- Bjørnar
- Bjørne
- Bjørnleiv
- Bjørnmund
- Bjørnodd
- Bjørnolv, Bjørnulv
- Bjørnstjerne
- Bjørnvald
- Bjørnvid
- Eibjørn
- Einbjørn
- Finnbjørn
- Folkbjørn
- Frøybjørn
- Geirbjørn
- Grjotbjørn
- Gunnbjørn
- Hallbjørn
- Haverbjørn
- Herbjørn
- Hildebjørn
- Hugbjørn
- Husbjørn
- Håbjørn
- Ingebjørn
- Jobjørn
- Jovurbjørn
- Kjetilbjørn
- Kolbjørn
- Kvikbjørn
- Leikbjørn
- Leikbjørn
- Lydbjørn
- Nevbjørn
- Oddbjørn
- Olbjørn
- Ridbjørn
- Rodbjørn
- Runbjørn
- Rundbjørn
- Saksbjørn
- Sigbjørn
- Skjaldbjørn
- Snæbjørn
- Stallbjørn
- Stodbjørn
- Stynbjørn
- Styrbjørn
- Sveinbjørn
- Sæbjørn
- Tingbjørn
- Tjodbjørn
- Torbjørn
- Tornbjørn
- Valbjørn
- Vebjørn
- Vidbjørn
- Vigbjørn
- Åbjørn
- Åsbjørn, Asbjørn
Female given names:
Surnames:
References
[edit]- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 58
- Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne[2] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 11
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 37 192 males with the given name Bjørn living in Norway on January 1st 2022. Accessed on 7th December, 2022.
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
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- Danish male given names from Old Norse
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- Rhymes:Faroese/œtn
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/œrn
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/œnː
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/œdn
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with homophones
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