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thepatchworkcat · 08/02/2018 17:39

Looking for suggestions of girls’ names as above please!
I have some tenuous connection to Denmark and Germany and like the names but would need something that works in the UK too.

I like
Annika/Anneka/Anneke
Annalise
But DH is not keen

Further suggestions welcome!

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Chocolateyescakeyes · 08/02/2018 17:50

I really like Danica.

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viktoria · 08/02/2018 18:05

Love Annika.

Anneli
Astrid
Anke
Anne-Marie or Annmarie

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AshGirl · 08/02/2018 18:06

Hanna is lovely I think Smile

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ChocolateCrunch · 08/02/2018 18:07

Sofia
Freja
Anja
Mathilde

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MikeUniformMike · 08/02/2018 18:08

Tanja
Sonja

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MikeUniformMike · 08/02/2018 18:09

Petra - but it's dated.
Heidi

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AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 08/02/2018 18:11

Hannelore
Angelika
Liesl
Isolda
Ulrike

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barnet · 08/02/2018 18:15

We are in Scandi, popular names here are:
Tiril
Sophie
Angelina
Christina
Kaja
Frederika
Frida
Nora
Maria
Marianna
Ida

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Laska5772 · 08/02/2018 18:20

Danish names ( some of our reles! ) E' s at end of names pronounced as A

Sanne (pronounced Sanna)
Lene (pronounced Lena)
Pernille
Tove
Hanne
Helle
Lisbeth
Anni

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mathanxiety · 08/02/2018 18:28

Pernille
Dagmar
Linnea
Greta
Frida
Elfrida
Anna
Signe
Solveig
Vera
Viveka
Liv
Matilda
Elin
Marit
Johanna
Josefa
Lena
Astrid
Ingrid
Elsa
Freja/Freya

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Boopear · 08/02/2018 18:32

Maija

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AnnaMagnani · 08/02/2018 18:35

I would warn you now anything spelt with -e on the end is sounded -a and will lead to a lifetime of telling people how to pronounce/spell your name or just giving up and accepting your entire workplace says/spells your name wrong.

Also no-one English can pronounce Tove.

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thepatchworkcat · 08/02/2018 18:39

Thanks all!

How is Signe pronounced please?

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thepatchworkcat · 08/02/2018 18:40

Yes Anna I take your point!
I’m used to pronouncing e at the end of things as I speak German but you’re right, most English people wouldn’t...

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TheBookThief · 08/02/2018 18:42

Katinka

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MikeUniformMike · 08/02/2018 18:55

Marta

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RavenWings · 08/02/2018 18:56

Mareike. Mah-rye-kah.

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HeyMicky · 08/02/2018 18:57

Women and girls I know:

Mali
Charlotte (a ending)
Cayla
Sigrid
Dahlia
Christina
Lotte (a ending)

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MrsGloop · 08/02/2018 18:57

Maren - pronounced to rhyme either with “car” or “care”

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 08/02/2018 19:18

Marietta

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CormoranStrike · 08/02/2018 19:38

Freya
Hanna
Sylvie

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redexpat · 08/02/2018 19:45

Here is the link to Danmark Statistik with the most popular names from the first half of 2017.

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thepatchworkcat · 08/02/2018 19:52

Oh I love so many of those names!
But they don’t all work with the surname.
Thanks for replies.

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AnyaMoondial · 08/02/2018 20:05

Elke
Katja

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midsomermurderess · 08/02/2018 20:21

It’s hard to know what is considered old-fashioned in another country but I like Laerke, Signe, Solveig.

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