Names

Means “birch tree” in Icelandic.

Old Norse form of Bjørg.

Derived from Old Norse bjǫrg meaning “help, save, rescue”.

Icelandic form of Bjørg.

German variant of Björn. The Scandinavian names Björn and Bjørn are occasionally written with the digraph oe.

Icelandic form of Bjartr (see Bjarte).

Old Norse form of Bjarte.

From the Old Norse byname Bjartr, which meant “bright”.

Old Norse diminutive of Bjǫrn and other names containing the element bjǫrn meaning “bear”.

Modern form of Bjarni.