Örn
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in Swedish: eagle (large bird)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/2:n`/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Örn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. In Iceland it is the 36th most common surname.
- FIFinland1 in 4.6K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 10K
- ISIceland≈1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 62 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)
1,207 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Orn in US United States, EE Estonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
an eagle
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
How Örn is read(measured from records)
Örn is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Swedish38%
eagle (large bird)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Icelandic35%
an eagle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German6.2%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Örn in German.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Örn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | — | 1,207 | 1 in 4.6K | 1.2K | Örn | 10 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,021 | 1 in 10K | 1K | Örn | 33 |
| US United States | — | 487 | 1 in 683K | 487 | Orn | 32 |
| IS Iceland | #36 | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 606 | Örn | 62 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 9 | 1 in 934K | 9 | Örn | 1 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | 19 | Orn | 9 |
1,207 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nicolaus Örnb. 1683SESwedish writer
- Jacob Örnb. 1731SESwedish painter
- Carl Axel Örnb. 1849SESwedish military officer
- Werner August Örnb. 1853RUFinnish writer
- Urho Örnb. 1930FIFinnish association football player
- Peter Örnb. 1954SESwedish politician
- Mikael Örnb. 1961SESwedish swimmer
- Ulrica Örnb. 1966SESwedish actress
- Stefan Örnb. 1975SESwedish musician
- Paula Örnb. 1978SESwedish politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 1.2K | #1,597 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1K | #985 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 489 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 9 | #65,843 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Örn come from?
- an eagle Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Örn?
- A machine transcription gives /2:n`/ (IPA) for Swedish.
- How common is the name Örn?
- In Finland, the national register counted 1,207 people named Örn, about 1 in 4.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Örn compared with other names?
- In Iceland, Örn is the 36th most common surname of 9,400 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Örn mean?
- In Swedish, eagle (large bird)
- In which country does Örn have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Örn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled örn.
- Where is Örn most common?
- Örn is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.6 thousand people carrying it.
What do you want to know about Örn?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%C3%B6rnThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Örn” — the 36th most common surname in Iceland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.