Torbjørn
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Torbjørn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. In Benin it is the 71st most common given name. Recorded meaning: Derived from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn.
- NONorway≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 510as Torbjörn
- DKDenmark1 in 26K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Torbjørn itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sweden (measured from records)
- Sources
- 84 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
20,018 named Torbjörn
Highest-authority source
Norway, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Torbjörn in SE Sweden, FI Finland, BJ Benin and Torbjorn in GH Ghana.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Derived from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn.
Sources 2
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Torbjørn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | #207 | 20,018as Torbjörn | 1 in 510 | 20K | Torbjörn | 84 |
| NO Norway | #440 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 24K | Torbjørn | 60 |
| BJ Benin | #71 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Torbjörn | 5 |
| FI Finland | — | 477as Torbjörn | 1 in 12K | 821 | Torbjörn | 9 |
| GH Ghana | #923 | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Torbjorn | 4 |
| DK Denmark | — | 226 | 1 in 26K | 226 | Torbjørn | 34 |
20,018 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Torbjørn Falkangerb. 1927NONorwegian ski jumper (1927–2013)
- Torbjørn Yggesethb. 1934NONorwegian ski jumper (1934–2010)
- Torbjørn Andersenb. 1957NONorwegian politician
- Knut Torbjørn Eggenb. 1960NONorwegian footballer and manager (1960-2012)
- Thorbjørn Harrb. 1974NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian actor
- Torbjørn Brundtlandb. 1975NONorwegian musician
- Torbjørn Røe Isaksenb. 1978NONorwegian politician
- Torbjørn Ringdal Hansenb. 1979NONorwegian chess player
- Torbjørn Bergerudb. 1994NONorwegian handball player
- Torbjørn Heggemb. 1999NONorwegian footballer (born 1999)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 24K | #186 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 226 | #814 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1948 | 185 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1952 | 171 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1949 | 170 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1950 | 169 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1947 | 164 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1946 | 155 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1953 | 152 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1951 | 151 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1955 | 148 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 1954 | 145 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Torbjørn mean, and where does it come from?
- Derived from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- In which country does Torbjørn have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named Torbjörn, more than in any other country we hold.
- Is Torbjørn a male or female name?
- Torbjørn is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Torbjørn?
- In the etymology graph, Torben, Thorben and Thorbjørn are forms of the same name in other languages; Bjarne is a recorded short or pet form.
- How common is the name Torbjørn?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 226 people named Torbjørn, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
- How common is Torbjørn compared with other names?
- In Sweden, Torbjørn is the 207th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/torbj%C3%B8rnThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Torbjørn” — the 207th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.