Gender Masculine
Usage Danish, German
Pronounced Pron. TOR-behn(Danish) /ˈtɔʁ.bn̩/(German)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Danish form of Torbjörn.

Related Names

RootsÞórr + bjǫrn
VariantsThorben, Tarben, Thorbjørn(Danish) Thorben(German)
DiminutiveBjarne(Danish)
Other Languages & CulturesBjarni(Faroese) Þorbjörn, Bjarni(Icelandic) Torbjørn, Bjarne, Thorbjørn(Norwegian) Þórbjǫrn, Bjarni(Old Norse) Torbjörn, Bjarne, Thorbjörn(Swedish)

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Name Days

Norway: June 5

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Entry updated February 28, 2019