Björn

björn bjǫrn Bjǫrn bjørn Bjørn German Etymology de sv Björn in the 1930s. Pronunciation de /bjœʁn/ de De-Björn.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de male Swedish Icelandic Etymology From is björn bear. Pronunciation is œrtn̥ 1 Bjödn<aa:colloquial> is œtn̥ 1 Proper noun @@ is male Declension m,s:ar.unumut.imut Related terms is Bjarni Swedish Etymology From sv non Bjǫrn, from non bjǫrn bear, with identical meaning in modern Swedish. Runic name revived since 1816. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian da Bjørn. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Björn.wav Proper noun c sv male Old Norse sv rare sv Usage notes A common nickname is Björsa. Related terms (male given names) sv Bjarne, sv Esbjörn, sv Torbjörn (surnames) sv Björnsson References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 61 321 males with the given name Björn (and 1708 persons with the surname Björn) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.