Given name & surname
Börje
Börje is used as a given name and a surname. Börje is connected with Birger.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Börje has a related form in Birger. An origin associated with Birger is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Börje is used as a variant of Birger.
Börje’s family of names
Börje shares a linguistic root with Berge. Börje has a related form in Birger. Börje has a related form in Byrie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Börje
- Börje TapperSwedish footballer and manager (1922-1981)
- Börje NybergSwedish screenwriter, actor and film director1920–2005
- Börje VestlundSwedish politician (1960-2017)
- Börje MellvigSwedish actor, screenwriter and director (1911-1998)
- Börje JanssonSwedish motorcycle racerborn 1942
- Börje EkholmSwedish business executive who is the current CEO of Ericssonborn 1963
- Börje GrönroosFinnish middle-distance runner and sprinter1929–2015
- Börje LampeniusFinnish actor and theatrical director1921–2016
- Börje LangeforsSwedish computer scientist (1915-2009)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Börje, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.