Bjorn
Björn is a Scandinavian personal name that occurs mainly as a first name and, more rarely, as a family name.
Origin and meaning of the name
The name comes from the Scandinavian languages.
Björn ( Swedish and Icelandic ) and Bjørn ( Norwegian , Faroese and Danish ) mean 'the bear' or 'brown'. 'Brun' was also the nickname of the god Odin.
variants
name day
August 20 , also on June 18 , Jan. 13
Name bearer
First name
- Axlar-Björn (approx. 1555–1596), Icelandic serial killer
- Björn (Birka) , Swedish king from the legendary Viking family of the Munsö
- Björn-Uwe Abels (* 1941), German prehistorian and chief curator of the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments
- Björn Ahlgrensson (1872–1918), Swedish painter
- Björn Ahrens (* 1981), German actor
- Björn-Arne Alber (* 1981), German volleyball trainer and player
- Björn Alke (1938–2000), Swedish jazz musician and composer
- Björn Alkeby (* 1952), Swedish football player
- Björn the Old (around 900–950), legendary King of Sweden
- Björn Andersohn (* 1982), German soccer player and local politician
- Björn Andersson (* 1951), Swedish football player
- Björn Andersson (* 1982), Swedish football player
- Björn Andrae (* 1981), German national volleyball player
- Björn Andrésen (* 1955), Swedish actor
- Björn Anklev (* 1979), Swedish football player
- Björn Anlert (1934–2018), Swedish football player
- Bjǫrn Ásbrandsson (around 960 - after 1030), Jomswikinger and Viking Age immigrants from North America
- Björn Bach (* 1976), German canoeist
- Björn Bakken (* 1984), American biathlete
- Björn Barta (* 1980), German ice hockey player
- Björn Bartholdy (* 1965), German media designer
- Björn Baum (* 1982), German table tennis player
- Björn Bengtsson (* 1973), Swedish actor
- Björn Berg (1923–2008), Swedish draftsman, painter and graphic artist
- Björn Berg (* 1972), Swedish beach volleyball player
- Björn Bernadotte (* 1975), German-Swedish nobleman, managing director of the Lennart Bernadotte Foundation
- Björn Bicker (* 1972), German author and dramaturge
- Björn Bjarman (1923-2005), Icelandic writer
- Björn Bjarnason (* 1944), Icelandic politician
- Björn Bjurling (* 1979), Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
- Björn Blaschke (boxer) (* 1978), German professional boxer
- Björn Blöndal (1902–1987), Icelandic writer
- Björn Bobach (* 1973), German opera singer (tenor)
- Björn Böhning (* 1978), German politician
- Björn Bolling (* 1936), Swedish football coach
- Björn Bombis (* 1982), German ice hockey striker
- Björn Borg (* 1956), Swedish tennis player
- Björn Borg (swimmer) (1919–2009), Swedish swimmer
- Björn Borgmann (* 1966), German artist
- Björn Bregy (* 1974), Swiss martial artist
- Björn Brembs (* 1971), German neurobiologist
- Björn Brunnemann (* 1980), German soccer player
- Björn Bugri (* 1968), German actor
- Björn Buhrmester (* 1984), German handball player
- Björn Bürger (* 1985), German opera singer (baritone)
- Björn Casapietra (* 1970), tenor, presenter and actor
- Björn Christen (* 1980), Swiss ice hockey player
- Björn Clemens (* 1967), German publicist and lawyer in right-wing extremist circles
- Björn Collinder (1894–1983), Swedish linguist
- Björn Dahlberg (1949–1998), Swedish mathematician
- Björn Dahlem (* 1974), German artist
- Bjørn Dæhlie (* 1967), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Björn Danielsson (* 1977), Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- Björn Decker (* 1976), German badminton player
- Björn Dixgård (* 1981), member of the Swedish band Mando Diao
- Björn Dreyer (* 1977), German soccer player
- Björn Dreyer (* 1989), German soccer player
- Bjørn Dunkerbeck (* 1969), Dutch windsurfer
- Björn Eggert (* 1980), German politician (SPD)
- Björn Emmerling (* 1975), German hockey player
- Björn Engels (* 1994), Belgian soccer player
- Björn Engholm (* 1939), German politician
- Björn Engquist (* 1945), Swedish applied mathematician
- Björn von der Esch (1930–2010), Swedish politician
- Björn Christian Ewald (* 1965), German classical archaeologist
- Björn Fecker (* 1977), Bremen politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), football official and member of the Bremen Parliament
- Björn Ferm (* 1944), Swedish modern pentathlete
- Björn Ferry (* 1978), Swedish biathlete, Olympic champion
- Björn von Finckenstein (* 1958), German Namibian doctor and politician
- Björn Firnrohr (* 1977), German screenwriter
- Björn Försterling (* 1982), German politician (FDP) and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Björn Fratangelo (* 1993), American tennis player
- Lars-Björn Freier (* 1971), German indoor and beach volleyball player
- Björn Freitag (* 1973), German chef, TV chef, restaurateur and cookbook author
- Björn Gelotte (* 1975), Swedish guitarist in the melodic death metal band In Flames
- Björn Valur Gíslason (* 1959), Icelandic politician (left-green movement)
- Björn Glasner (* 1973), German racing cyclist
- Björn Gödde (* 1974), German actor, presenter and musician
- Björn Leví Gunnarsson (* 1976), Icelandic computer scientist and Píratar politician
- Björn Gunnlaugsson (1788–1876), Icelandic cartographer
- Björn Harras (* 1983), actor
- Björn Höcke (* 1972), German politician of the alternative for Germany
- Björn Ibsen (1915–2007), Danish anesthetist, co-founder of intensive care medicine
- Bjǫrn járnsíða , Danish Viking leader
- Björn Jónsson (1846–1912), Icelandic politician
- Björn Jonsson (pool player) , Swedish pool player
- Björn Joppien (* 1981), German badminton player
- Björn Kircheisen (* 1983), German Nordic combined athlete
- Björn Kuipers (* 1973), Dutch football referee
- Björn Lind (* 1978), Swedish cross-country skier
- Bjørn L'Orange , Norwegian pool and snooker player
- Björn Ludwig (* 1968), German author
- Björn Melin (* 1981), Swedish ice hockey player
- Björn Nordqvist (* 1942), Swedish football player
- Björn Magnússon Ólsen (1850–1919), Icelandic philologist
- Björn Otto (* 1977), German pole vaulter
- Björn Pätzoldt (* 1944), German political scientist, organizational consultant and publisher
- Björn Phau (* 1979), German tennis player
- Bjørn Einar Romøren (* 1981), Norwegian ski jumper
- Björn Schalla (* 1974), German dubbing actor, dialog book author and dubbing director
- Björn-Hergen Schimpf (* 1943), German radio and television presenter
- Björn Schlicke (* 1981), German soccer player
- Björn Siegemund (* 1973), German badminton player
- Björn Steiger (1960–1969), German accident victim, see Björn Steiger Foundation
- Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (* 1991), Icelandic football player
- Björn von Sydow (* 1945), Swedish politician
- Björn Thurau (* 1988), German racing cyclist
- Björn Þórðarson (1879–1963), Icelandic politician
- Björn Ulvaeus (* 1945), Swedish singer, member of the ABBA group
- Björn Vleminckx (* 1985), Belgian football player
- Björn Waldegård (1943–2014), Swedish rally driver, first world rally champion
- Björn Ziegenbein (* 1986), German soccer player
- Björn Zikarsky (* 1967), German swimmer
family name
- Andreas Riegelsen Biørn (1755–1821), Danish slave trader and colonial officer
- Evert Björn (1888–1974), Swedish middle distance runner
- Jan Christian Bjørn (* 1984), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- Kristian Bjørn (1919–1993), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Lars Björn (* 1931), Swedish ice hockey player
- Nathalie Björn (* 1997), Swedish soccer player
- Per Bjørn (* in the 20th century), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- Sören Björn (1744–1819), Prussian dune construction inspector in West and East Prussia; see Sören Biörn
- Thomas Bjørn (* 1971), Danish golfer
- Torgeir Bjørn (* 1964), Norwegian cross-country skier
See also
Wiktionary: Björn - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations