Torbjörn
Meaning and origin
Old Norse Þórbjǫrn (“Thor" + "bear”), with an identical meaning in modern Swedish.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Torbjörn (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Torbjörn has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 11,710 |
| 2000 | 11,788 |
| 2001 | 11,862 |
| 2002 | 11,897 |
| 2003 | 12,021 |
| 2004 | 12,051 |
| 2005 | 11,974 |
| 2006 | 11,969 |
| 2007 | 11,962 |
| 2008 | 12,003 |
| 2009 | 11,934 |
| 2010 | 11,884 |
| 2011 | 11,826 |
| 2012 | 11,782 |
| 2013 | 11,727 |
| 2014 | 11,657 |
| 2015 | 11,573 |
| 2016 | 11,525 |
| 2017 | 11,455 |
| 2018 | 11,366 |
| 2019 | 11,297 |
| 2020 | 11,220 |
Torbjörn in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Torbjörn.Hi! My name is Torbjörn.
- Torbjörn har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Torbjörn has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Torbjörn kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Torbjörn is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Torbjörns mamma är lärare.Torbjörn's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Torbjörns mamma is Torbjörn's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Torbjörn
How do you pronounce Torbjörn in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Torbjörn from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y. Ö is like the vowel in 'bird', said with rounded lips.
What does the name Torbjörn mean?
Old Norse Þórbjǫrn (“Thor" + "bear”), with an identical meaning in modern Swedish.
How popular is Torbjörn in Sweden?
2 babies were named Torbjörn in 2022. In 2020, 11,220 people in Sweden had Torbjörn as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.