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bjorn Name Meaning and History

Danish and Norwegian (Bjørn); Swedish (Björn): from a personal name and nickname meaning ‘bear’ (Old Norse bjorn). 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.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bjorn family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bjorn Families in the US in 1920
Number of bjorn families
 8-13
 3-7		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 13 - Messages: 23
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Björns from Sweden sweeden55 0
Bjorn/Biorn family from Lolland, Denmark Tina Lund Jensen 6
Nils Bjornbeck BradJohnson2145 0
Bjorn in Worcester MA and Norwich CT lenagus 0
New Bjorn Mailing List Started klbjornme 1
Theodore Bjorn, Sr. klbjornme 1
found bible, can you help with name? jjsabath 0
Elias Bjorn 4-17-1866 Sweden BarbaraBjorn 0
Lost rooots Bjorn (means bear in English) Nilsson 1
Hanna Bjorn kwallace81 0
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