Bjarnason

Bjarnason is a male Icelandic and Faroese name.

Origin and meaning

Bjarnason is a patronymic and means son of Bjarni . The female equivalent is Bjarnadóttir ( daughter of Bjarni ).

Name bearer

• Adeline Rittershaus-Bjarnason (1876–1924), German philologist and Germanist
• Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (* 1990), Icelandic football player
• Ásmundur Bjarnason (* 1927), Icelandic sprinter
• Birkir Bjarnason (* 1988), Icelandic football player
• Bjarni Bjarnason (* 1965), Icelandic writer
• Björn Bjarnason (* 1944), Icelandic politician (Independence Party) and journalist
• Gústaf Bjarnason (* 1970), Icelandic handball player
• Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867–1941), Icelandic women's rights activist, politician and teacher
• Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason (1866–1945), Icelandic writer
• Jón Bjarnason (* 1943), Icelandic politician (Regnboginn)
• Jón Páll Bjarnason (1938–2015), Icelandic jazz guitarist
• Paul Bjarnason (born 1944), Canadian weightlifter
• Rina Bjarnason (* 1964), Australian handball player
• Sigurður Bjarnason (politician) (1915–2012), Icelandic politician
• Sigurður Bjarnason (handball player) (* 1970), Icelandic handball player and coach
• Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (* 1987), Icelandic football player
• Vilhjálmur Bjarnason (* 1952), Icelandic politician (Independence Party)