Bjorn is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “bear.” In 2024 it was given to 330 boys in the United States.
Bjorn belongs to the Portuguese and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “bear” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bjorn first appears in Social Security records in 1925. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #766 in 2021, and in 2024 330 babies received the name — 4,951 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bjorn means “bear” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bjorn is a boy name. In 2024, 330 babies received the name in the US.
Bjorn comes from the Portuguese, English & American, German and Scandinavian tradition.
Bjorn first appears in US records in 1925. Its best-ever ranking was #766 in 2021, and 330 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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