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First name origins & meanings:

  1. German: Bold as a bear
  2. Scandinavian: Bear

First name variations: Barnard, Barney, Barnie, Barny, Bernd, Berndt, Bern, Berne, Bernardo, Bernhard, Bernhardt, Bernie, Barend, Barnum, Barn, Barnardine, Berend, Bernard, Beorn, Bjomolf, Bjami, Bjame, Bjarne, Bjorne

Last name origin & meaning:

Danish and Norwegian (Bjørn); Swedish (Björn): from a personal name and nickname meaning ‘bear’ (Old Norse bjǫrn). The Norwegian name is often a shortened form of any of various habitational names from places named with this word, e.g. Bjørnsplass. In Swedish it is ornamental in some cases.

This name appears in the following lists: Alliterative Names

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