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Bjorn

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Bjorn/Björn/Bjørn/Bjorne
PronunciationEnglish: /biˈɔːrn, bjɜːrn/ bee-ORN, BYURN[1]
Swedish: [ˈbjœːɳ]
Icelandic: [ˈpjœ(r)tn̥]
German: [bjœʁn]
Dutch: [ˈbjʏr(ə)n]
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Language(s)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Dutch, German, Finnish
Origin
MeaningBear
Region of originGermanic
Other names
Alternative spellingBjørn, Bjõrn, Bjorne, Beorn, Bjôrn, Biorn
Related namesBjarne, Bjorne, Bjarni, Birni

Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal). In Swedish and Finnish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn.

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  1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180