Bjarni

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Bjarni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjadnɪ/

Proper noun

Bjarni m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Bjarni: Bjarnason
• daughter of Bjarni: Bjarnadóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Bjarni
Accusative	Bjarna
Dative	Bjarna
Genitive	Bjarna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Bjarni.

Proper noun

Bjarni m

1. a male given name

Declension

declension of Bjarni

m-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Bjarni
accusative	Bjarna
dative	Bjarna
genitive	Bjarna

Old Norse

Etymology

Short form of Old Norse given names that contain Bjarn-, Bjǫrn- or -bjǫrn, such as Þórbjǫrn, Ásbjǫrn etc. Finally from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”) See also Bjǫrn.

Proper noun

Bjarni m (genitive Bjarna)

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Danish: Bjarne
• Faroese: Bjarni
• Icelandic: Bjarni
• Norwegian: Bjarne
• Swedish: Bjarne

References

• Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN