| [ syll. björn- ] The boy name Björn is pronounced BYAORN KEY. Björn is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in Scandinavian. Björn is a variant of Bruno (Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish). See also the related form, Bjarne (Scandinavian). Björn is seldom used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly related to Björn, Bruno (Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish) was the most widely used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Björn include Bjørn (Scandinavian), Bern (German), Bjarne (Scandinavian), Brahm (English), Brain (English), Bram (Dutch and English), Bren (English), Brin (Welsh), Bron (English), Bryn (Welsh), Brynn (English), Barna (Hungarian), Barney (English), Barnie (English), Barny (English), Bernie (English), Brahim (Albanian), Brannon (English), Brennan (English and Irish), Brennen (English), Brennon (English), Brian (English and Irish), Brien (English), Brion (English), Bruin (Scandinavian), Bruno (Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish), Bryan (English and German), Bryen (English), Bryon (English), Burhan (Arabic and Turkish), Burim (Albanian), Byron (English), Brayan (English), and Burimi (Albanian). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Björn: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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