Given name & surname · also Danish Jørn
Jörn
Jörn is a masculine given name from Danish Jørn. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jörn comes from Danish Jørn, and ultimately from Danish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jörn’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Jörn has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Jorge. In Swedish usage, Jörn has a conventional equivalent in the French form Georges. In Swedish usage, Jörn has a conventional equivalent in the German form Georg.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jörn has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 58
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Georgeequivalent
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- Giorgioequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
- Juriequivalent
- GeorgesFrench
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- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Georgalso known as · German, Swedish
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Γεώργιοςequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Siôrequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Jiříequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jockelequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
People named Jörn
- Jörn DonnerFinland Swedish writer, filmmaker and politician (1933–2020)
- Jörn WenzelGerman bobsledder (born 2004)
- Jörn BorowskiEast German sailorborn 1959
- Jörn Renzenbrinktennis playerborn 1972
- Jörn SvenssonSwedish politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden1936–2021
- Jörn GevertChilean hurdler and sprinter1929–2017
- Jörn KöhlerGerman herpetologistborn 1970
- Jörn WunderlichGerman politicianborn 1960
- Jörn KönigGerman politicianborn 1967
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