Bjørg

See also: bjørg, björg, and Bjørk

Faroese

Proper noun

Bjørg f

1. 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

• Bjørk

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)

1. 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
• 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.