Björn
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
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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
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Proper noun edit
Björn c (genitive Björns)
- a male given name
- (rare) a surname
Usage notes edit
A common nickname is Björsa.
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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.