Given name

Þorbjǫrn

“Thor”·“bear”

Þorbjǫrn is a masculine given name. It is used in Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Þorbjǫrn is built from elements meaning “Thor” and “bear”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Old Norse Þórr + bjǫrn (“bear”).

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Þorbjǫrn’s family of names

In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Þorbjǫrn has a feminine form in Torbera.

Walk Þorbjǫrn’s family in the name graph

ÞorbjǫrnThorbjörnTorberaTorbjørn

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 2

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