Given name
Björg
“salvation”
Björg is a feminine given name from Old Norse, meaning “salvation.” It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
Björg’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Björg shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Bjørg.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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