Bjarne

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Danish and Norwegian younger form of Biarne

Related Names

See Biǫrn

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Bjarnesen
Bjarneson
Bjarnessen
Bjarnesson
Bjarnessøn
Bjarnesøn

Female

Bjarnedatter
Bjarnesdatter

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Bjarne
Genitive:	Bjarnes

- Finnish
Nominative:	Bjarne
Genitive:	Bjarnen
Partitive:	Bjarnea

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Bjarne
Genitive:	Bjarnes

- Swedish
Nominative:	Bjarne
Genitive:	Bjarnes

Name Days

Norway

18 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

23 February

Sweden

18 June

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark:
  • 13th century
  • 19th century
• Sweden:
  • 1884
  • late 19th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: 1940-1959
• Sweden: 1950-1969

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Lolland-Falster (earlier)
  • København (earlier)
  • Sjælland (21st century)
  • Vestjylland (21st century)
• Norway:
  • Sogn og Fjordane

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		15786	n.a.	0	n.a.	15786	n.a.
Sweden		1276	2557	0	0	1276	2557
Finland		n.a.	1428	0	0	n.a.	1428
Greenland		40	66	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland		3	5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		4574	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	4574	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

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend