Name Espen

Origin:

From Old Norse words for ase, deity and bear

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Name info:

About the name Espen in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Scandinavian
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Aspen, Esben, Aspyn, Eden, Eden, Efren, Efrén, Eiden, Elen, Ellen Details

Group info:

About Asbjørn, the group of names with the same origin as Espen

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Words:	ass = the ase (an Old Norse deity), the deity Old Norse
	björn = to bear Old Norse
Topics:	Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	35:Espen Norway 2015
Name variants:	Asbjørn, Esben, Espen Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Espen

Series	Graph	Rankings
Norway	Graph	2009 163, 2008 169, 2004 92, 2003 90, 2002 61, 2001 68, 2000 61, 1999 50, 1998 42, 1997 41
Norway prevalence		2015 35