Espen
Variant of ASBJØRN.
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| OSBORN male English Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear". During the Anglo-Saxon period there was also a Norse cognate Ásbjörn used in England, and after the Norman conquest the Norman cognate Osbern was introduced. It was occasionally revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given name. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ásbjörn |
| ANGLO-SAXON: Osbeorn |
| DANISH: Asbjørn, Esben, Espen |
| ENGLISH: Osborn |
| ICELANDIC: Ásbjörn |
| NORWEGIAN: Asbjørn, Esben, Espen |
| SWEDISH: Asbjörn, Esbjörn |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Bjarni |
| DANISH: Bjarne, Ebbe |
| ENGLISH: Oz, Ozzie, Ozzy |
| ICELANDIC: Bjarni |
| NORWEGIAN: Bjarne, Ebbe |
| SWEDISH: Bjarne, Ebbe |
| FEMININE FORMS |
| DANISH: Ebba |
| NORWEGIAN: Ebba |
| SWEDISH: Ebba |
| OTHER FORMS |
| ENGLISH: Osborne, Osbourne |