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Boy · Old Norse
Torbjørn
Say it: TOR-byurn
Meaning
From the god-name Þórr and bjǫrn 'bear'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common runestone and saga name, revived in modern Scandinavia.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Thorbjørn
| Icelandic | Þorbjörn |
|---|---|
| Swedish | Torbjörn |
Famous bearers
- Torbjørn Hornklove, skald to Harald Fairhair
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Where this comes from
- Viking Age runestone inscriptions
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.