Given name & surname
Bjarte
“bright”
Bjarte is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Bjarte is a short form of Bjartr.
Bjarte’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Bjarte is a short form of Bjartr. In Norwegian usage, Bjarte shares a linguistic root with the English form Bert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bjarte
- Bjarte Engen VikNorwegian former nordic combined skierborn 1971
- Bjarte MyrholNorwegian handball playerborn 1982
- Bjarte BirkelandNorwegian historian1920–2000
- Bjarte Lunde AarsheimNorwegian former footballer, played for Randaberg ILborn 1975
- Bjarte BrulandNorwegian historianborn 1969
- Bjarte TjøstheimNorwegian comedianborn 1967
- Bjarte FlemNorwegian footballerborn 1958
- Bjarte EngesetNorwegian conductorborn 1958
- Bjarte BaaslandNorwegian businessman1974–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Åste
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Ådne
“resembling an eagle”
>99% boys
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“representative of ancestors”
>99% boys
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“battle” · “peace”
>99% boys
Bård
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>99% boys