"Hunden hette Björn."

Translation: The dog was called Björn.

[HelenCarlsson]

Then, the dog was probably nicknamed "Nalle" (teddy bear) or "Bamse" if he was Danish :).

[alexis15243]

"Nalle" also means teddybear in Finnish (borrowed from Swedish of course). I have always liked this word (sounds sweet). Sorry for being a little off-topic.

[CriticJonni]

How is "Nalle" pronounced, I've said it in my head 3 different ways at least... I'm gonna check forvo... It does sound cute!

https://forvo.com/search/nalle/sv/

[Sjodni]

Must be a big scary dog to be named after a bear....

[Zmrzlina]

As the world may well have learned along with Björn Borg, it's perfectly normal Swedish given name. Quite common actually. :) Other noun-names in Swedish are Sten (stone) and Stig (path) for men.

[HelenCarlsson]

And Ulf = ulv = varg = wolf :).

[Synthpopalooza]

Wolf Blitzer is a news reader for CNN, so it's not uncommon in English.

[ishouldbesolucke]

I think his might be short for Wolfgang. I'm not sure.

[Kad759907]

Not only. I know 3 people named Wolf (as their full first name).

And earlier i knew a Wolfgang and he never was called Wolf ;D

(all german people)

[Sjodni]

Oh.....that's kind of funny, no offense!

[Zmrzlina]

I guess those who are named that are quite used to it. :p

Interestingly, Stone seems to be popular, since Peter and Pierre mean the same thing.

[Arnauti]

I think it's because Peter in the Bible is one of those. Jesus even makes a pun about it, let me google this… 

Swedish: (Mattheus 16:18)
Och jag säger dig att du är Petrus, Klippan, och på den klippan skall jag bygga min kyrka

English: (Matthew 16:18)
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church

Some joker said that the Bible would be better if Peter's name were changed to Rocky: I tell you that you are Rocky, and on this rock I will build my church

[Synthpopalooza]

In the original Greek it makes more sense. Petros = Peter, and Petros = rock.

[CapdeBurro]

Bible banter, the best of all

[desifromitaly]

In Italian, Peter is Pietro and "stone" is "pietra". :-)

[Antonio_Sou]

It's 'Pedro' in portuguese, and stone is 'pedra'.

Not once in my life have I questioned or even noticed the similarity :|

[Vintersdrom]

And in Spanish; the name is Pedro and stone is "piedra" :p

[Hermesianax]

Late to the party, but still:
@Synthpopalooza Petros (Πέτρος) is Peter and petra (πέτρα) - so not petros - is rock in Greek.

Matthew 16:18: κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν...

[Synthpopalooza]

And again with a US newsreader .. Stone Phillips for NBC. We use those names sometimes too. :)

[Embla_]

I love the name Björn, only some guy from primary school kinda ruined it by being called that... But Sten is also really cool as a name!

[CutePorcupine]

There are a lot of dogs that are named Bear in English, too.

[OrchidBlack]

We used to have a dog named Bear, who was half Schipperke and half Corgi. My inlaws named him that because he looked just like a bear cub when he was a puppy.

[nacreousnereid]

My former roommate's dog was called Bear!!! He was a very good fluffy boy.

[Hominy63]

My Samoyed was named Bear...tender heart in a big dog.

[kris650042]

I learn so much in these discussions!

[Teddybear71]

Det heter jag med! :)

[Natalie878300]

I love the name Axel ('shoulder' in Swedish).
Plenty of English names are nouns - Matt, Rob, Bob, Nick, Cliff, Doug (some are spelt differently to the noun, but they're pronounced the same).

[Nezer5]

Why the dog name was Björn is incorrect?

[Zed480516]

Also, why not "The god was named Björn"?

[BrunoCharb4]

Is the dog bamed Björn in reference to the English children song about the dog named Bingo?

[David786661]

It sounds really similar...

[matstrish]

Sounds like heter