Bjørg
Faroese
Proper noun
Bjørg f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Bjørg: Bjargarson
- daughter of Bjørg: Bjargardóttir
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Bjørg |
| accusative | Bjørg |
| dative | Bjørg |
| genitive | Bjargar |
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse Bjǫrg, from bjǫrg (“salvation”). Also a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese Bjørg and Icelandic Björg.
Proper noun
Bjørg f (definite Bjørga)
- a female given name from Old Norse
Usage notes
- The most common given name of women born in Norway in the 1930s.
Related terms
Female given names:
- Almbjørg
- Arnbjørg, Arinbjørg
- Audbjørg
- Eidbjørg
- Eldbjørg (Norwegian)
- Geirbjørg
- Gudbjørg
- Gunnbjørg
- Hallbjørg
- Herbjørg
- Hildebjørg
- Idbjørg
- Ingebjørg
- Kjetilbjørg
- Nidbjørg
- Oddbjørg
- Ragnbjørg
- Rerbjørg
- Salbjørg
- Sigbjørg
- Silbjørg
- Solbjørg
- Steinbjørg
- Svanbjørg
- Tegnbjørg
- Tjodbjørg
- Torbjørg
- Valbjørg
- Vebjørg
- Vendilbjørg
- Vilbjørg
- Vinbjørg
- Åbjørg
- Åsbjørg, Asbjørg
Male given names:
- Bjørgolv, Bjørgulv
References
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 58
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 695 females with the given name Bjørg living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 18th January, 2023.