Given name & surname
Torbjörn
“Thor”
Torbjörn is a masculine given name from Old Norse, meaning “Thor" + "bear.” It is used in Swedish.
Original Old NorseÞórbjǫrn
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Torbjörn developed from Þórbjǫrn.
Torbjörn’s family of names
Torbjörn has an affectionate form in Tobbe. In Swedish usage, Torbjörn shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Torben. In Swedish usage, Torbjörn has a related form in Thorbjörn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Torbjörn has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Torbjörn comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Þórbjǫrnroot · Old Norse
- Torbencognate · Norwegian Bokmål
- Thorbjørnequivalent
- Torbernequivalent
- Toppicognate · Finnish
- Torbjørncognate · Norwegian Bokmål
- Þorbjörnequivalent
- Thorbernequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Torbjörn
- Torbjörn NilssonSwedish footballer and managerborn 1954
- Þorbjǫrn hornklofi9th-century Norwegian skald900–1000
- Torbjörn KornbakkOlympic wrestlerborn 1965
- Torbjörn BlomdahlSwedish billiards playerborn 1962
- Torbjörn LasseniusFinnish decathleteborn 1931
- Torbjörn CasperssonSwedish biologist (1910–1997)
- Torbjörn Iwan LundquistSwedish composer (1920–2000)
- Torbjörn TörnqvistSwedish Chief Executive Officer - Gunvor Groupborn 1953
- Torbjörn EkSwedish bandy and football player (1949–2010)
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Similar names
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Torjei
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“thor's wolf”
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Tormod
“a raan from the north”
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