Bjorn - Meaning of Bjorn

What does Bjorn mean?

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Bjorn

[ 1 syll. bjor(n), bj-o-rn ] The baby boy name Bjorn is pronounced Biy-RN †. Bjorn has its origins in the Germanic and Old Norse languages, and it is used largely in Scandinavian.

Bjorn is a variant form of the Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Polish Bernard in the Scandinavian language.

Bjorn is also a variant form of the Scandinavian and German Björn in the Scandinavian language.

See also the related categories, germanic (german) and scandinavian.

Bjorn is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2010s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2018, 0.013% of baby boys were named Bjorn. Its ranking then was #869. Out of all boy names in its group, Bjorn was the most regularly used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Bjorn include Baern, Baerne, Bairne, Barn, Barne, Barnem, Barnhem, Barym, Baryn, Bayrn, Beirne, Bern, Bernón, Birne, Bjarne, Bjoern, Bjorne, Björn, Born, and Borne.

† English pronunciation for Bjorn: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"