name
Bjarni
BYAR-nee
/ˈbjɑːrniː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
bjarni
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Old Norse/Icelandic (Iceland/Scandinavia)
- Meaning
- Bear
- Gender
- male
Pronunciation tips
Name of Bjarni Herjólfsson, the Norse sailor who may have sighted North America before Leif Erikson; the 'bj' cluster is a single palatalized sound
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