Boy name origins & meanings
- German : Bold as a bear
- Scandinavian : Bear
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Bjorn
Family name origins & meanings
- Danish and Norwegian (Bjørn); Swedish (Björn) : from a personal name and nickname meaning ‘bear’ (Old Norse bjǫrn). The Norwegian name is often a shortened form of any of various habitational names from places named with this word, e.g. Bjørnsplass. In Swedish it is ornamental in some cases.
