Espen

Variant of ASBJØRN.

ASBJ?RN   male   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of ÁSBJÖRN.
áSBJ?RN   male   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Old Norse name derived from the elements áss "god" and björn "bear". It is therefore a cognate of OSBORN.
OSBORN   male   English
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear". During the Anglo-Saxon period there was also a Norse cognate Ásbjörn used in England, and after the Norman conquest the Norman cognate Osbern was introduced. It was occasionally revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given name.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ásbjörn
ANGLO-SAXON: Osbeorn
DANISH: Asbjørn, Esben, Espen
ENGLISH: Osborn
ICELANDIC: Ásbjörn
NORWEGIAN: Asbjørn, Esben, Espen
SWEDISH: Asbjörn, Esbjörn
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Bjarni
DANISH: Bjarne, Ebbe
ENGLISH: Oz, Ozzie, Ozzy
ICELANDIC: Bjarni
NORWEGIAN: Bjarne, Ebbe
SWEDISH: Bjarne, Ebbe
FEMININE FORMS
DANISH: Ebba
NORWEGIAN: Ebba
SWEDISH: Ebba
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Osborne, Osbourne