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Male Name
Usage
Swedish
Icelandic
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
Swedish and Icelandic younger form of Biǫrn [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Related Names
See Biǫrn
Male
Bjarnarsson
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Björninpoika
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Björnsson
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Female
Bjarnardóttir
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Björnintytär
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Björnsdotter
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Björnsdóttir
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Grammar
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Björn
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Genitive: |
Björnin
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Partitive: |
Björniä
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Björn
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Accusative: |
Björn
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Dative: |
Birni
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Genitive: |
Björns / Bjarnar
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Björn
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Genitive: |
Björns
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Name Days
 Finland (Swedish Language)
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11 October
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Sweden
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18 June
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Björn Holmgren (9 November 1920 - 17 September 2016), Swedish ballet dancer and choreographer
- Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (born 25 April 1945), member of the former Swedish band ABBA
- Björn Gösta Tryggve Granath (5 April 1946 – 5 February 2017), Swedish actor
- Björn Nils Olof Skifs (born 20 April 1947), Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter
- Björn Rune Borg (born 6 June 1956), Swedish tennis player
- John Björn Sture Kjellman (born 4 June 1963), Swedish actor
- Björn Roger Bengtsson (born 17 October 1973), Swedish actor
- Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986), Swedish comedian and actor
- Björn Mosten (born 14 July 1997), Swedish actor
Trivia
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
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Sweden[9] |
|
34658 |
61509 |
2 |
44 |
34656 |
61465 |
Iceland[10] |
|
1715 |
2650 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Finland[11] |
|
n.a. |
2957 |
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
2957 |
Denmark[12] |
|
168 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
168 |
n.a. |
Greenland[13] |
|
3 |
4 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[14] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
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. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [9][12][14][11]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [15]
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Björn (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables