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Bjørn
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Usage
Old Danish
Norwegian
Danish
Faroese
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Norwegian, Danish and Faroese younger form of Biǫrn [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Related Names
See Biǫrn
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Bjarnarson |
|
| Bjørnsen |
|
| Bjørnson |
|
| Bjørnssen |
|
| Bjørnsson |
|
| Bjørnssøn |
|
| Bjørnsøn |
|
Female
| Bjarnardóttir |
|
| Bjørndatter |
|
| Bjørnsdatter |
|
| Bjørnsdotter |
|
| Bjørnsdóttir |
|
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Bjørn |
| Genitive: | Bjørns |
| - Faroese |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Bjørn |
| Accusative: | Bjørn |
| Dative: | Bjørn / Birni |
| Genitive: | Bjarnar / Bjørns |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Bjørn |
| Genitive: | Bjørns |
Name Days
|
|
18 June |
|
|
18 June |
Further Information
- Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name [6]
Earliest Documented Usage
- Denmark: A name mentioned in Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
- Greenland: 1949 [7]
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Denmark[8] |
  |
5848 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
5848 | n.a. |
 Sweden[9] |
  |
92 | 126 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 121 |
| Greenland[10] |
  |
21 | 77 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Finland[11] |
 |
n.a. |
67 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
67 |
| Norway[12] |
|
36181 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
36181 | 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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [13]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables