BJÖRK

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Origin and Meaning

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Birch trees
Birch trees
Image by Paul Lenz,[1]
licensed under Creative Commons

Old Norse

bjǫrk = 'birch tree' [2] [3]
bjarkan = 'birch tree', 'name of the B-rune' [2]

Old Swedish

biork = 'birch tree' [3]

Gothic

bercna = 'birch tree' [2]

Old High German

birihha = 'birch tree' [2]

Middle Low German

berke = 'birch tree' [2]

Old English

beorce = 'birch tree' [2]
bierće = 'birch tree' [2]
beorc = 'birch tree' [2]

Related Names

See Björk, Bjerke

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
DAL see Dalbjörk
EY see Bjarkey
FINN see Finnbjörk
FRID see Friðbjörk
HEID see Heiðbjörk
HER see Bjarkar
LIND see Bjarklind
VAL see Valbjörk

First Element Forms

Bjark-

Last Element Forms

-björk

References

  1. Wikimedia Commons: Image by Paul Lenz, source & license
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)