Given name
Thorbjørn
“Thor”
Thorbjørn is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “Thor" + "bear.” It is used in Norwegian Bokmål and Danish.
Original Old NorseÞórbjǫrn
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Danish usage, Thorbjørn developed from Þórbjǫrn.
Thorbjørn’s family of names
In Danish usage, Thorbjørn developed from the Old Norse form Þórbjǫrn. In Danish usage, Thorbjørn has a related form in Torben. In Norwegian usage, Thorbjørn has a conventional equivalent in the German form Torben.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Thorbjørn has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Thorbjørn comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Thorbjørn
- Thorbjørn Jagland32nd Prime Minister of Norwayborn 1950
- Thorbjørn EgnerNorwegian artist and writer (1912–1990)
- Thorbjørn HarrNorwegian actorborn 1974
- Thorbjørn OlesenDanish professional golferborn 1989
- Thorbjørn BerntsenNorwegian politicianborn 1935
- Thorbjørn RisagerDanish musicianborn 1971
- Thorbjørn KultorpNorwegian politician (1929-2004)
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Similar names
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Thorgeir
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Thorkild
“Thor” · “cauldron”
>99% boys
Thorold
“follower of Thor”
>99% boys
Thorlich
Thorlich is a given name, possibly from Old Norse. It is used in German.
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Oddbjørn
“sharp point”
>99% boys
Therr
Therr is a given name from Old Norse. It is used in German.
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Thirsk
“fen; lake”
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Torfinn
“Thor”
>99% boys