Asbjørn is a Norwegian and Danish male given name.
[2] In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1910 and 1930, during which period approximately 1% of children were given the name.
[3] The name is a combination of the words as, i.e. a god in the Norse pantheon, and bjørn, meaning bear.
Variants include Espen and Esben.
[5] The English surnames Osborn, Osborne, Osbourne and Usborne come from Asbjørn or the same route.