Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Björk

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Female Female Name

Usage

Iceland Icelandic
Sweden Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Old Norse bjǫrk = 'birch' (see also BJÖRK) [1] [2]

Birch trees
Birch trees
Image by Paul Lenz,[3]
licensed under Creative Commons

Related Names

Björk ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic Swedish
Bjørk ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Norwegian
Bjørk ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish

For male forms see also Birkir and Bjarki

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Bjarkarson Iceland

Female

Bjarkardóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see BJÖRK

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Björk
Accusative: Björk
Dative: Björk
Genitive: Bjarkar
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Björk
Genitive: Björks

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Iceland Iceland[5]
329 3785
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[6]
53 248 49 228 4 20
Denmark Denmark[7]
115
n.a.
 112
n.a.
 3
n.a.
Finland Finland[8]
n.a.
 17
n.a.
 17 0 0
Norway Norway[9]
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Björk.


References

  1. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  3. ↑ Wikimedia Commons: Image by Paul Lenz, source & license
  4. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  5. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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