| Pronunciation | English: /biˈɔːrn, bjɜːrn/ bee-ORN, BYURN[1] Swedish: [ˈbjœːɳ] Icelandic: [ˈpjœ(r)tn̥] German: [bjœʁn] Dutch: [ˈbjʏr(ə)n] |
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| Gender | male |
| Language(s) | Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Dutch, German, Finnish |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Bear |
| Region of origin | Germanic |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Bjørn, Bjõrn, Bjorne, Beorn, Bjôrn, Biorn |
| Related names | Bjarne, Bjorne, Bjarni, Birni |
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal). In Swedish and Finnish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn.