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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Bear, in the Scandinavian name tradition
The article explicitly connects Bjorn with Björn and Bjørn and gives the animal-word meaning. Svenska Akademien independently describes Björn as a Nordic name identical to the noun for bear. This is name history, not a personality claim.
Scandinavian given-name tradition
The source explicitly identifies Bjorn as an English and Dutch spelling within the Scandinavian given-name family, including Swedish Björn and Danish/Norwegian Bjørn. This does not assign a nationality to individual bearers.
English /biˈɔːrn/, /bjɜːrn/
The given-name article explicitly lists these two English readings separately from Swedish, Icelandic, German and Dutch pronunciations. They are alternatives, not a prediction of any individual family’s pronunciation. The article cites John C. Wells, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, third edition (2008); that print dictionary has not been independently inspected here.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Boys | 24 · preliminary | 1049 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Boys | 15 (rounded to 5) | 2130 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Boys | 70 | 556 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2016 | Boys | 3 | 421 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2023 | Boys | 3 | 728 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Boys | 3 | 829 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 298 | 829 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The article explicitly connects Bjorn with Björn and Bjørn and gives the animal-word meaning. Svenska Akademien independently describes Björn as a Nordic name identical to the noun for bear. This is name history, not a personality claim. Credit: Wikipedia contributors, Bjorn article. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bjorn&oldid=1376047673. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarizes the documented spelling relationship and name etymology; distinct spellings and their popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Checked against cited source
The source explicitly identifies Bjorn as an English and Dutch spelling within the Scandinavian given-name family, including Swedish Björn and Danish/Norwegian Bjørn. This does not assign a nationality to individual bearers. Credit: Wikipedia contributors, Bjorn article. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bjorn&oldid=1376047673. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarizes the documented spelling relationship and name etymology; distinct spellings and their popularity records remain separate.
Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Checked against cited source
The given-name article explicitly lists these two English readings separately from Swedish, Icelandic, German and Dutch pronunciations. They are alternatives, not a prediction of any individual family’s pronunciation. The article cites John C. Wells, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, third edition (2008); that print dictionary has not been independently inspected here. Credit: Wikipedia contributors, Bjorn article. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bjorn&oldid=1376047673. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names separates the two English IPA readings from the article’s combined pronunciation field and omits other-language readings and audio.
Credit: Wikipedia contributors. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
