Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Beorn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beorn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 87
- 87 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,837 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,837 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beorn’s family of names
In Old English usage, Beorn shares a linguistic root with the Icelandic form Björn. In Old English usage, Beorn shares a linguistic root with the Danish form Bjørn. In Old English usage, Beorn shares a linguistic root with the Old Norse form Bjǫrn.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Beorn has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Beorn
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