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Help to find a scandi girls name

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Arcticlife · 24/08/2021 20:24

Hoping for some inspiration for slightly more unusual girl names. DD2 due in autumn, currently living in Norway (DH is norwegian) but family in UK, so names need to kind of work in both norwegian and english.

I love longer more feminine sounding names, DD1 is Pernille (pronounced 'per-nil-leh').

Currently toying with:
Frida
Dahlia
Arianna
Linnea

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

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chilliplant634 · 31/08/2021 19:19

Ida
Idun
Oda
Malene
Camilla
Pernille
Viola
Nanna
Mia
Lene

The above are the names of the girls in my daughter's danish kindergarten.

luannlele · 31/08/2021 19:02

Freija (Freya)
Annika/ annili
Halle/ Hallie
Carleigh (Carly)
Erica
Emilie
Clara
Astrid
Ingrid
Hanna
Mia
Ella
Layla

AuntieMaggie · 31/08/2021 18:33

I absolutely love the Finnish name Suvi - I had all boys so didn't get to use it.

So many beautiful names on here

NormaSwilly · 31/08/2021 18:31

Bryndis
Tove
Sigrid
Ana

smileandsmileooooooo · 31/08/2021 18:31

Really interesting, on pronunciation differences, I went to school with a Signe and said it was said Seen a .. that's as far as I remember, maybe we never nailed the correct way to say it ?

smileandsmileooooooo · 31/08/2021 18:26

Linea is an own brand for House of Fraser, they pedal it as a brand, so maybe not that well known? Something to consider.

smileandsmileooooooo · 31/08/2021 18:13

Helle
Sofie
Tine
Trine
Elsebet / Elsie nn ?!

Derbee · 31/08/2021 17:56

Marte
Ingrid
Freya

PurpleFlower1983 · 31/08/2021 06:49

Lena

ViciousJackdaw · 29/08/2021 18:25

Bjorli
Besta
Eneryda
Baahlons
Klippan
Kallax

NoWhey · 29/08/2021 13:31

Frida - frumpy yet manly, ungainly, utterly hideous.
Dahlia - not a fan of flower names.
Arianna - areola
Linnea - pronunciation issues.

Cindie943811A · 28/08/2021 23:15

Sigrid
Anitra
Benedikte

Gonegrey31 · 28/08/2021 18:19

I’m another one mentioning Annika , have a lovely Norwegian friend with that name .
Also know a Liv, a Birgit and Heidi ( the latter also Norwegian)

TheVanguardSix · 28/08/2021 18:12

Vibeke
Silke
Hanna
Vendela
Annika
Stina
Merete
Lisbet

episcomama · 28/08/2021 17:35

Maren
Astrid
Inga
Ingrid

Godwits · 28/08/2021 17:01

Saga of course Grin

WhoppingBigBackside · 28/08/2021 16:59

@torchh, the flower dahlia is pronounced daylia, as pp. The flower camellia is said as cam-eel-ya, and fuchsia as fewsha. That's English for you.

FedNlanders · 27/08/2021 22:12

Lumi :)

Wornout12108 · 27/08/2021 22:11

Malin

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 27/08/2021 22:00

I've never heard anyone say Day-lia

Day-lia is the common British pronunciation of the flower of the same name, so most Brits will also pronounce the name this way too imo - but it is a relatively uncommon name here so I'm sure people would accept "Dah -lia" instead once corrected.

BloodyDetails · 26/08/2021 19:23

Etta? No idea if it's actually scandi but it feels scandi 😂

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Arcticlife · 26/08/2021 19:14

Thanks everyone, I feel a bit more confident about using Linnea now. But also some lovely alternatives to consider as well.

Super helpful!! Smile

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CliffsofMohair · 26/08/2021 17:29

Martha (like the Princess)

LoveFall · 26/08/2021 17:08

Tekla
Adelia
Sigrun
Brigitta

All names from the Swedish Finn side of my family.

Heathofhares · 26/08/2021 16:49

Thora

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