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Icelandic/Scandinavian names

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eltsihT · 19/02/2013 08:05

My hubby is icelandic, and we have a really boring British surname. We have agreed to give our kids icelandic names so that they arn't called John Smith.

Being a school teacher I have been a little grumpy and ruled out any names that I can't pronounce correctlty by reading them and any with non English characters (ð etc)

We have a son called Ragnar and a yellow bump, pretty set on Lilja for a girl, but would love some suggestions for boys (and girls too), been thinking about Ólafur for a boy but if we shorten the names our boys would be raggi and oli (rags and holes) am I over thinking this???

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eltsihT · 22/05/2013 09:39

Thanks everyone for the replies, we have settled on Einar Henry for a boy, or Hazel Ingunn for a girl.

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mathanxiety · 11/03/2013 05:16

For a girl:
Pernilla (Swedish)
Dagmar
Elin
Erla
Eva
Lara
Margret
Fjola
Sigrid (Siri)
Ros
Sigrun
Rakel

For a boy:
Ari
Einar
Hannes
Jens
Jonas
Hakon
Finnur
Gunnar
Geir
Oskar
Gisli
Sindri

No accents included in my spellings, sorry.

SilentMammoth · 11/03/2013 05:01

Jonsi, how do you pronounce that? Yon_see? Is it male or female?

forevergreek · 10/03/2013 18:18

my (female) friend is kolbrun (kolla)

otherwise girls:
Anika
Agnes

boys:
Abel

Littleniff · 09/03/2013 23:39

Jonsi

Marmom · 08/03/2013 08:32

Icelandic/Old Norse

"Ari" meaning "eagle" or "fast flying one". Etymologically closely related to the Icelandic word "ör" (arrow).

I love this name for a boy, but Ari is a unisex name.

HeffaFlump · 25/02/2013 23:57

Danica is a lovely Scandinavian name for a girl & works well in England with the pronunciation etc

OddFrog · 25/02/2013 23:31

I like Espen for a boy.

FatJasper · 25/02/2013 23:13

Love Smilla and Hedda.

serin · 25/02/2013 23:04

Tuuli for a girl (Too Lee)

Lars for a boy

NoRoomForMeInMyBed · 25/02/2013 16:00

DS2 is Magnus, people always comment on it and it never gets shortened. It suits him perfectly...I love your choice of names OP, love Lilja!

haggisaggis · 25/02/2013 13:03

Anders, Lars, Thor are 3 I like (and ds is one of them!)

HoneyandRum · 25/02/2013 12:58

My dd's godfather is Icelandic, his name is Ingvar (which I love) his kids are called Christian (spelt Islandic way which I can't remember!) Katerina and Johannes (Yo-hannes) they live in the US so all the names have worked in an English speaking context. Ingvar is still my favorite - awesome name and awesome bloke!

iheartmycat · 24/02/2013 22:45

Stian

Britt-Helena

Pannacotta2013 · 24/02/2013 00:14

Ferdinand, shortened to Feddi - very nice.

itisimplicit · 22/02/2013 20:58

My (Swedish) uncle is named Nils, and my female relatives are Dagmar, Helga, Ingrid and Heike.

telsa · 22/02/2013 20:49

Hildur
Bjork!
Larus
Sindri
Tryggvi
Vigdis

BlueChampagne · 22/02/2013 15:09

Thorkell

Lyftiduft · 21/02/2013 23:23

have you seen this site, I love it geek www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Main_Page

I also think you're overthinking Raggi and Oli :)

Einar? Stefan? Sindri?
I've taught a Lars and Nils (British but some Scandi heritage).

Inga? I like Lilja a lot.

SchroSawMargeryDaw · 21/02/2013 23:07

I have an Eirik.

I think Viktor is a great name as well.

RedRobin1 · 21/02/2013 23:05

Linnea for a girl

schroedingersdodo · 21/02/2013 23:00

Lars and Viggo are great. Too bad I had no excuse to use such names as I'm from nowhere near Scandinavia...

Sashapineapple · 21/02/2013 22:39

Can only think boys, either Soren or Lars.

sausageandorangepickle · 21/02/2013 22:01

When I was at Uni I knew a girl named Smilla (like the book 'miss smilla's feeling for snow') and she was always called Smile by everyone - lovely! I also love Erika or Ingrid - and is Pippi (Longstocking) scandinavian?

emsyj · 21/02/2013 21:37

Astrid was on our list for DD2, lovely name - I went to school with an Icelandic girl called Stanen, which I always thought was very pretty.