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The name ASBJÖRN comes from ÁSBJǪRN and is originally derived from OSBORN, and may have Swedish or Anglo-Saxon origins.
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear". During the Anglo-Saxon period there was also a Norse cognate Ásbjǫrn 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.
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