Bjork

Björk, Björck, Biörck, or Bjork is a Swedish surname meaning birch. It is also a common Icelandic name given to girls, meaning birch, specifically the most common native tree of Iceland, Betula pubescens tortuosa (Arctic downy birch).
Notable people with the name include
Given name
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 1965), Icelandic singer
Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (born 1972), Icelandic singer
Surname
Anders Björck (born 1944), Swedish politician
Anita Björk (1923–2012), Swedish actress
Arne Bjork (1911–1996) was a Swedish dentist
Brant Bjork (born 1973), American musician
Carl-Johan Björk (born 1982), Swedish-born American football player
Cheng Yuk Han Bjork (born 1980), Chinese fencer
Fabian Biörck (1893–1977), Swedish gymnast
Fredrik Björck (born 1979), Swedish footballer
Hildegard Björck (1847–1920), the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree
Jakob Björck (1727/28–1793), Swedish portrait painter
Oscar Björck (1860–1929), Swedish painter
Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish feminist author
Philip R. Bjork, American geologist
Robert A. Bjork (born 1939), American psychologist
Thed Björk (born 1980), Swedish racing driver
Viking Björk (1918–2009), Swedish cardiac surgeon

Bjørk is a Faroese and Norwegian given name meaning “birch”. Bjørk also appears as a family name.
The Icelandic & Swedish spelling of the name is Björk. Notable people with the name include:
Liv Bjørk, Norwegian handball goalkeeper
Bjørk Herup Olsen (born 1991), Faroese middle and long distance runner

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Habitational name from any of the many farms named with a word meaning birch; means: birch tree in Icelandic.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Björk	1965	Icelandic singer-songwriter
2	Brant Bjork	1973	American musician and drummer of Kyuss
3	Hera Björk	1972	Icelandic singer
4	Carl-Johan Björk	1982	American football player
5	Robert A. Bjork	1939	Professor of psychology
6	Thed Björk	1980	Swedish racing driver
7	Ross Bjork	1972	American college athletics administrator
8	Anita Björk	1923	Swedish actress
9	Leif Björk	1907	Swedish writer
10	Anders Bjork
11	Natalie Björk	1988	Swedish actress
12	Halvar Björk	1928	Swedish actor
13	Malin Björk	1972	Swedish politician
14	Martin Björk	1971	Swedish television presenter
15	Carl Björk	1992	Swedish footballer
16	Nina Björk	1967	Swedish writer
17	Arne Bjork	1911
18	Viking Björk	1918	SWedish surgeon
19	Alexander Björk	1990
20	Torgny Björk	1938	Swedish musician
21	Del Bjork	1914	American football player
22	Rikard Björk	1987	Swedish actor
23	Kenneth O. Bjork	1909	American historian
24	Johan Björk	1984	Swedish ice hockey player
25	Marcus Björk	1994	Swedish figure skater
26	Philip R. Bjork		American paleontologist
27	Bjørk Herup Olsen	1991	Faroese distance runner
28	Filip Björk	1986	Swedish ice hockey player
29	Kaj Björk	1918	Swedish politician
30	Stefan Björk
31	Bjork Cheng	1980	Hong Kong fencer
32	Mikko Björk		Finnish actor, entrepreneur and songwriter
33	Tony Björk	1983	Footballer
34	Sture Björk	1944	Swedish orienteer
35	Gunnar Björk	1944	Swedish politician
36	Liv Bjørk		Norwegian handball player
37	Anna Björk	1965
38	Hans-Göran Björk	1958
39	Gunnela Björk	1949
40	Therés Stephansdotter Björk	1981
41	Matts Björk	1867	Finnish judge and politician
42	Sven Björk	1916
43	Björk Vilhelmsdóttir	1963	Icelandic politician
44	Karl-Erick Björk		Swedish canoeist
45	Carl Axel Björk	1880	Whaler, goldminer, character
46	Michael Bjørk	1950
47	Tomas Björk	1947
48	Therese Björk	1981	Swedish footballer
49	Marja Björk	1958
50	Veronika Björk	1978	Swedish actress
51	Einar Björk	1886
52	Mathias Björk	1973	Swedish writer
53	Gustav Björk	1900	Swedish association football player
54	Andreas Björk	1980	Finnish association football player
55	Ingrid Björk	1927	Swedish actress
56	Fredrik Björk	1987	Swedish association football player
57	Hans Björk	1925	Swedish diplomat
58	Anne-Brit Bjørk	1938	Norwegian journalist
59	Lasse Björk	1967
60	Björk Þorsteinsson	0941
61	Jarl Flaaten Bjørk	1975	Norwegian actor
62	Ragnar Björk	1921	Swedish athletics competitor
63	Celia Björk	1946
64	Christina Björk	1943
65	William Björk	1923	Swedish politician
66	Ericus Andreæ Björk	1601
67	Björk Guðjónsdóttir	1954	Icelandic politician
68	John Björk
69	Björk Bjarkadóttir	1971
70	Ingvar Björk	1933	Swedish politician
71	Arvid Björk	1863	Swedish politician
72	Karl-Gustaf Björk	1906
73	Robert Bjørk	1969	Norwegian politician
74	Oscar Björk		Swedish athletics competitor
75	Nils Björk	1866	Swedish politician
76	Roland Björk	1935