Asbjørn
Asbjørn is a Norwegian and Danish male given name. In 2013, there were more than 7,000 men in Norway with this name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1910 and 1930, during which period approximately 1% of children were given the name.
The name is a combination of the words as, i.e. a god in the Norse pantheon, and bjørn, meaning bear.Variants
Variants include Espen and Esben. In Swedish, the equivalent is Esbjörn.
English surname Osborn comes from Asbjørn or the same route.Asbjørn
- Asbjørn Andersen, Danish actor
- Asbjørn Halvorsen, Norwegian footballer
- Asbjørn Hansen, Norwegian footballer
- Asbjørn Haugstvedt, Norwegian politician
- Asbjørn Lindboe, Norwegian politician
- Asbjørn Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper
- Asbjørn Sennels, Danish footballer
- Asbjørn Sunde, Norwegian sailor
- Asbjørn Tenden, Norwegian footballer
- Asbjørn Wahl, Norwegian researcher and author
Ásbjǫrn
- Ásbjǫrn skerjablesi, ruler of the Hebrides
