Oyvind for a boy?

[mrleebob]

Hey folks!

What do you all think of Oyvind for a boy?

[nattiecake]

No

No no no no no no no no no

No child of mine will be called Oyvind!!!!!

[MamaLazarou]

It would be OK for a Norweigan boy, who lives in Norway.

[Knickers0nMaHead]

God no. Horrid name.

[Spidermama]

I think it's great.

[choosyfloosy]

Well, it's certainly unusual in my neck of the woods.

Would prefer Oyvey [kvetch emoticon]

[MrsVik]

Not to my taste! The fact that it would be shortened to 'Oy' would also put me off.

I'd like to hear why you like it though, is it a special name to you (family name etc)? Is it a name from a specific nationality which you find appropriate for your boy?

[nattiecake]

no, hes just being awkward cause he knows i hate it!!

[mrleebob]

Actually, and this is gonna sound very shallow, Oyvind was the name of an ex Liverpool midfielder. The name has just always been a favourite of mine since I heard it. DP cannot complain about the source of the name though or its Scandinavian origin as she's giving serious consideration to Sami.

[MrsVik]

Hehe - realtime mumsnet domestic

Oyvind has 'Evan' as it's equivalent in the UK, which is quite nice.

Sami is not so bad, although he'd get a lifetime of mis-spellings.

Good luck with deciding!

[bellissima]

Prefer Ortwin, if you are going in that northerly direction.

[bellissima]

The Sami are the people previously known as the Laplanders.

[twolittlekings]

Oy windy

I can see it now in the playground

[mrleebob]

They are indeed bellissima. However, it's also a Finnish name. As in Sami Hyypia.

I also like Toby but we have a snake called Obie. Apparently, if they rhyme it sounds stupid. We have another snake called Tinkerbell so Pinkerbell is out too for a girl.

[bellissima]

Also a name yes - as is 'Roma' ( a name and a people) - but then what if child chose to work amongst the people.

(Okay, unusual, but I had a development related job which required me to go to aid committees for groupd including Roma. Would have felt a bit odd if that was my name!

[bellissima]

sorry groups

[PoinsettiaBouquets]

to hear about Pinkerbell.

Oyvind is a little way out, he would spend forever spelling it out and being called Oy. How about Magnus/Marius/Markus?

[cory]

How would you pronounce it? It's not pronounced Oy in Norway more a sound like French -eu-+ y.

[pofacedandproud]

Yes fine in Norway. Here it does not translate well and unless you are Norwegian a touch pretentious. And he will be called 'Oy'.

[GooseyLoosey]

Doesn't do it for me I'm afraid.

[pofacedandproud]

If it is prounounced 'Euyvind' call him Evan.

[crumpet]

Sounds like it is Irvine pronounced with New York accent

[ledodgyfireworksingedmyeyebrow]

It sounds like Ivan said by a brummie with a cold.

[pofacedandproud]

I like Ivan a lot [prounounced 'Eevan' as in dh's language] but here it would just get pronounced with the 'I' and it would remind me too much of Ivor the Engine