Espen
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Espen is a Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name.
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- Instance of
- male given name
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- Commons category
- Espen (given name)
- writing system
- Latin script
- name day
- May 10
- language of work or name
- Norwegian
- native label
- Espen
- Soundex
- E215
- Cologne phonetics
- 0816
- Caverphone
- ASPN11
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Espen is a Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name.
==Origin and variants== It originated as a variant of Asbjørn or Esben.
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