Bjarni

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse Bjarni. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjadnɪ/ === Proper noun === Bjarni m a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Patronymics son of Bjarni: Bjarnason daughter of Bjarni: Bjarnadóttir ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Bjarni. === Proper noun === Bjarni m (proper noun, genitive singular Bjarna) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === Short form of Old Norse given names that contain Bjarn-, Bjǫrn- or -bjǫrn, such as Þórbjǫrn, Ásbjǫrn etc. Finally from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”) See also Bjǫrn. === Proper noun === Bjarni m (genitive Bjarna) a male given name ==== Descendants ==== Danish: Bjarne Faroese: Bjarni Icelandic: Bjarni Norwegian: Bjarne Swedish: Bjarne === Further reading === Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN