Espen Forename

42,165th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 17,216 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Espen Forename User-submission:

The name Espen means 'bear of God'.

Espen Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway
100%
16,2931:31568
Denmark-2971:19,0221,161
United States
100%
1501:2,416,91337,889
Sweden
100%
1281:77,0153,569
Thailand
100%
441:1,592,40548,846
Indonesia-331:7,817,081269,446
Belgium
100%
261:441,9257,537
Brazil
100%
261:8,239,852108,951
England
92%
 
261:2,138,57426,646
Netherlands
100%
131:1,300,16020,012
Germany
100%
121:8,056,49029,150
India
100%
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Ireland-121:386,9605,608
Switzerland
100%
101:821,35010,525
Australia-101:1,365,76214,367
Philippines
88%
 
91:11,778,831158,973
Singapore-91:698,56212,752
Italy
100%
81:7,632,76127,464
Greenland-71:8,053908
Spain-61:7,754,99417,266
Estonia-61:219,2306,245
Ecuador-61:2,954,48613,743
United Arab Emirates-51:1,430,39943,518
Canada-41:8,283,34367,579
Finland
100%
41:1,370,79611,464
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Israel
100%
41:2,100,73020,870
France
100%
41:16,617,58541,065
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Papua New Guinea
 
67%
31:2,717,438132,395
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Luxembourg-21:282,0243,520
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Monaco-11:38,4662,379
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417

The alternate forms: Espén (1) are calculated separately.

Espen (707) may also be a surname.

Espen Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Espen means 'bear of God'.

- beargod

Espen Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Espén931/
Jespen9139/
Espeen915/
Gespen911/
Espeng911/
Espien911/
Yespen911/
Hespen911/
Epen894,463/
Espn899/
Jespien835/
Jeshpen831/
Aspen801,981/
Eapen801,450/
Epeng80865/
Espin80332/
Hepen80120/
Ospen8052/
Ispen8041/
Eppen8023/
Gepen8020/
Iepen8011/
Eipen805/
Eupen805/
Edspn803/
Epeun803/
Eepen802/
Edpen802/
Epend802/
Epenk802/
Expen802/
Espín801/
Ebpen801/
Epent801/
Epien801/
Epehn801/
Ezspn801/
Eespn801/
Jeshpeen771/
Epn75116/
Hepeng7314,759/
Espina733,085/
Eappen731,384/
Jespin73206/
Yespin7381/
Hespin7342/
Yospen7324/
Esping7324/
Ispeen7321/
Heppen7318/
Aspeen7316/
Espion7316/
Haspen7311/
Eppien738/
Aispen735/
Hospen733/
Hyspen733/
Eipeen733/
Heipen732/
Hepeen732/
Aspien732/
Eepeng732/
Eaphen732/
Gespin732/
Gispen732/
Aspenn732/
Jispen732/
Eapenk731/
Edspin731/
Eipien731/
Aspaen731/
Aspehn731/
Ashpen731/
Ependh731/
Oshpen731/
Ispien731/
Ishpen731/
Heupen731/
Hepent731/
Hepien731/
Heapen731/
Jeepen731/
Epin672,406/
Ipen67990/
Epem67676/
Jespina67122/
Yespina6749/
Eshpyna6715/
Epne6711/
Jeshpin678/
Epng677/
Aspn677/
Eapn676/
Hespina676/
Hesping676/
Jesping675/
Ypen674/
Heiphen673/
Esppyna673/
Jesspin672/
Jeephen672/
Heapeng672/
Yesping672/
Epyn672/
Haspenn671/
Eappene671/
Ashpeen671/
Esspina671/
Epengue671/
Hjsepen671/
Hepn671/
Jeaspin671/
Yspn671/
Jespion671/
Epnk671/
Eupn671/
Eepn671/

Espen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Espen in the Russian language
Эспенespen-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Espen