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Hit me with your favourite Scandinavian boys name(s)

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Wildwaterfalls · 20/10/2013 11:42

Just that really. Expecting DS1 and thinking of Casper, but want to explore other / more Scandinavian options.

What do you think of Sven? Is Thor too odd?

Or how about Gustav?

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RandomCitizen · 21/10/2013 09:18

Btw if your family is connected to this sort of provenance then you can have anything and it won't be odd.

If you've no connection then yes, Thor might sound a bit odd!

We have Russian/German family so hopefully can get away with it Smile

RandomCitizen · 21/10/2013 09:16

I have a Gustav.

I call him goose. He was born in the snow last year, so he was my little snow goose Smile

I don't like the shortening to Gus as so many people have suggested to me in real life - but then I say it more like 'Goostaf' you know, like the goos bit rhymes with woof, so Gus would sound strange.

Woman at the drs checking his appointment pronounced it gus, as in bus, - tav as in chav the other day.!

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Wildwaterfalls · 21/10/2013 09:06

Rhubarb I love Gus! And possibly Gussie when he's little, although that is a bit PG Wodehouse...

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Wildwaterfalls · 21/10/2013 09:03

Quick question for bundaberg with DS Linus - do you pronounce it Lee-nus or Lye-nus?

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Miopiccolotopolino · 20/10/2013 22:50

Not Gustav, sorry. It's very old fashioned but not in a good way iyswim.

I like:

Leif
Magnus
Casper
Henrik
Johan
Kent
Lennart
Ruben

I actually like Sven.

PipkinsPal · 20/10/2013 22:27

Morten (Harkett) lovely arms.

Rhubarbgarden · 20/10/2013 22:18

I love Gustav. But I'm biased because I have a Gus and we sometimes lengthen it to Gustav despite deliberately giving him a name that couldn't be shortened as I supposedly hate nicknames

LentilAsAnything · 20/10/2013 22:17

:)

filee777 · 20/10/2013 22:00

Also Timion

I think thats a beautiful name.

TheBeanAndTheBee · 20/10/2013 21:38

Magni
Ulf

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Wildwaterfalls · 20/10/2013 20:48

Haha Lentil will put it on the list for you.

Love Henrik but can't have it for family reasons!

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BNmum · 20/10/2013 20:43

Henrik, I love it!

LentilAsAnything · 20/10/2013 20:40

Torbjörn*. Pleeeeease use it. If I had any Scandinavian heritage I would have used it. It means Thunder Bear. Doesn't get much more awesome than that.

*or Thorbjörn, Torbjørn or Thorbjørn.

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Wildwaterfalls · 20/10/2013 20:28

Brilliant suggestions! Have added Pontus, Erik, Timo and Viktor to the list (and tentatively crossed out Sven) Smile

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TheWave · 20/10/2013 18:47

Hendrik
Marius

Cremolafoam · 20/10/2013 18:47

Gunnar
Bjärne
Oleg
Micke
Pontus

janx · 20/10/2013 18:32

Timo
Carsten

vikinglights · 20/10/2013 18:29

Magnus
sigurd
Auden
Runar

TeaMakesItAllPossible · 20/10/2013 18:23

Odin
Bjarne
Gustav

Handsfullandlovingit · 20/10/2013 18:21

Jens, Svend, Rasmuss, Torben, Hans, Henrik are Danes I know . Svend is too much in my book!

ZZZenagain · 20/10/2013 18:18

From your OP, IME Sven is alright, Thor is too out there and Gustav sounds like a great-grandfather.

That aside I have nothing against the look or sound of the actual names.

13loki · 20/10/2013 18:16

Kids I know include
Jesper
Kaspar
Felix
Gustav
Thorsten
Tomas
Ebbe
Melker
Jonathon
Pelle

notanyanymore · 20/10/2013 18:03

Thor

13loki · 20/10/2013 18:02

I live in Sweden and work with
Olof
Erik
Magnus
Patrik
Kristofer
David
Kalle

DS has Loki as middle name. If DD2 was a boy she would be Sören Thor. I like Kjell (sounds more like Shell) but not for the UK.

ZZZenagain · 20/10/2013 17:38

I like Ansgar.
I know a lovely man called Olaf and my dd has a friend called Haakon. Otherwise can't think of many Scandinavian names.