Bjørn

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Norwegian, Danish and Faroese modern form of Biǫrn ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Related Names

See Biǫrn

Name Days

Norway

18 June

Faroe Islands

18 June

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Bjørn
Accusative:	Bjørn
Dative:	Bjørn / Birni
Genitive:	Bjarnar / Bjørns

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[5]		0	0	15150	39822
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	5368	n.a
Sweden[7]		0	2	71	93
Finland[8]		n.a.	4	n.a	35
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[7][6][5][8]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[5]:

Sources: ^{[7] [6] [5] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
4. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi