Given name

Bjólfur

Bjólfur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

Original Old NorseBjólfr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bjólfur comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Bjólfr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bjólfur’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Bjólfur continues an earlier form in Bjólfr.

Walk Bjólfur’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Bjólfur, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Bjartur

“bright”

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Irish

Bjólan

Bjólan is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Middle Irish. It is used in Icelandic and Old Norse.

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Old Norse

Þórður

“Thor” · “peace”

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Old Norse

Oddur

Oddur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese and Icelandic.

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Germanic

Össur

Össur is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% boys

Old Norse

Ólafur

Ólafur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

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Old Norse

Hrólfur

Hrólfur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Þóroddur

“Thor” · “ord, point”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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