Bjorn
Bjorn is a boy name of Norse origin, ranked #62 in popularity, meaning Bear.
What Bjorn means
Bear.
Bjorn sits at 5 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Bjorn comes from
Old Norse names are usually compounds drawn from the natural world, from battle, or from the gods, carried across northern Europe by Scandinavian settlement.
Bjorn is recorded as Norse in origin. Browse other Norse names.
How popular is Bjorn?
Bjorn is ranked #62, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Bjorn
Two ideas meet in Bjorn: Scandinavian and strength. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Themes: Scandinavian, Strong
Names like Bjorn
These share Bjorn's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sigrid — Beautiful victory.
- Magnus — Great, mighty.
- Erik — Eternal ruler.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Sigurd — Guardian of victory.
- Thor — Thunder; god of thunder.
- Thorin — Bold; of thunder.
- Torsten — Thor's stone.
- Astrid — Divinely beautiful.
- Freya — Noble lady; Norse goddess of love.
- Ingrid — Beautiful, beloved (of the god Ing).
- Gerda — Protection; enclosure.