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Sigbjørn (Danish, Faroese, Norwegian) or Sigbjörn (Icelandic, Swedish) is a Nordic male given name, meaning Victory-bear (abbreviation of "Segerbjörn") and dating back to the Viking Age (). A female form exist as Sigurbirna (Victory-bearess).

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male given name
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Caverphone
SKPN11
Commons category
Sigbjørn (given name)
name day
February 15
native label
Sigbjørn
writing system
Latin script

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Sigbjørn (Danish, Faroese, Norwegian) or Sigbjörn (Icelandic, Swedish) is a Nordic male given name, meaning Victory-bear (abbreviation of "Segerbjörn") and dating back to the Viking Age (). A female form exist as Sigurbirna (Victory-bearess).

== Historic variants == Sigbiorn (♂ male) – Old Swedish Sigbiǫrn (♂ male) – Old Norse Sigbjörn (♂ male) – Icelandic, Swedish Sigbjørn (♂ male) – Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Sigbjǫrn (♂ male) – Old Norse Sighbiorn (♂ male) – Old Danish, Old Swedish Sigurbirna (♀ female) – Icelandic Sigurbjarni (♂ male) – Icelandic Sigurbjörn (♂ male) – Icelandic Sigurbjørn (♂ male) – Faroese, Norwegian

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