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Pages in category "Scandinavian masculine given names" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Norwegian masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 277 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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In 2013, there were more than 7,000 men in Norway with this name. [2] In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1910 and 1930, during which period approximately 1% of children were given the name. [3] The name is a combination of the words as, i.e. a god in the Norse pantheon, and bjørn, meaning bear. [4]
A name for Óðinn, proposed by John McKinnell to have been a name for Freyr due to the description of the Norwegian branch of the Ynglings as 'Þrór's descent' (Old Norse: niðkvísl Þrós) and its use as a heiti for boar in Nafnaþulur (97). [32] Olof Sundqvist supports this idea, noting also that Freyr is described as Þroskr in ...