Beorn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAY-orn
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Beorn is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “warrior; bear”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Beorn mean?
Old English: Old English beorn 'warrior', related to Old Norse bjorn 'bear'
“warrior; bear”
Beorn is the bear-shaped skin-changer who shelters Bilbo and the dwarves in Tolkien's The Hobbit.
Is Beorn a girl's or a boy's name?
Beorn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Beorn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Beorn, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Beorn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
Names like Beorn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rowan, Robin, Rory, Teddy, Alfred, Ronan, Hudson, Brody, Roman, Rian, Wilfred, Oakley
Names related to Beorn
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund, Kelsey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Beorn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beorn, updated 20 October 2026.