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Bjorn, Fjord or Rune?

41 replies

miriamsalt · 04/08/2024 17:56

Hi!
Half Danish boy due soon!

We've narrowed it down to
Bjorn
Fjord
or
Rune

Please state your order of preference!
Feel free to be ruthless about any of them!

And any alternatives if you have any suggestions! :-) thanks!

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SkaneTos · 04/08/2024 22:32

(I'm Swedish.)

Bjorn/Bjørn/Björn and Rune are great names!

I think Fjord is more of a word than a name.
I have never heard anyone being called Fjord.

Firebird83 · 04/08/2024 19:05

I love Rune

RollaCola84 · 04/08/2024 18:55

Rune isn't pronounced like Ancient Runes, I can't think of how to describe the R sound but the rest is oon-eh with the eh being very short. Or that's how the husband of a Norwegian friend says his name !

LuluBlakey1 · 04/08/2024 18:54

Magnus is a lovely name.

RollaCola84 · 04/08/2024 18:52

Fjord isn't a name, it's a thing so no for me. I know a Norwegian Rune, the R is a very Scandinavian sound that doesn't exist in English so I'd think about how you'd like that to be pronounced and whether you'd be constantly correcting.

I know more Norwegians than Danes, but of Danes I know a Magnus, Rasmus, Leif and Jonas (said like Yonas rather than hard J) as well names more common in the UK like Alexander, Frederick and Felix albeit with different pronunciation.

If I had a boy with any Scandinavian heritage I'd go for Magnus.

MrsBobtonTrent · 04/08/2024 18:51

Rjune surely?

FollowingForTheCraic · 04/08/2024 18:50

Is Fjord really a name, I wouldn't have thought so? Are you spelling Bjørn the Danish way? If not, it changes the pronunciation so then it's not straightforward in either language - as someone with that type of name, I would really go with something that people can spell correctly in one of his two cultures.

namechange12524 · 04/08/2024 18:49

I like Rune. I didn't realise Fjord could be a name, I just thought it was some sort of watercourse

Izzynohopanda · 04/08/2024 18:49

Love Bjorn and quite like Rune.

Never heard Fjord as a name before.

Suggestions-
Henrik
Tomas
Karl
Erik
Anders
Lars
Alexander
Kristian

Maybe look at the Olympics for the Scandinavian team names!

Berlinlover · 04/08/2024 18:46

Definitely no to Fjord and Rune. I like Bjorn.

HaveYouSeenRain · 04/08/2024 18:43

Isn’t Fjord a fjord, that’s a no for me

Rune makes me think of the tennis player, also Bjorn (Björn Borg)

maybe I just watch too much tennis

crumpet · 04/08/2024 18:41

Bjorn,
Rune (is it pronounced Roon-eh?)

but Fjord just sounds a bit silly

TheWayTheLightFalls · 04/08/2024 18:37

Bjorn for me. I’m not familiar with Danish names OP but I really dislike the other two, sorry.

Firsttimebabymummy · 04/08/2024 18:34

MumChp · 04/08/2024 18:20

Rune
Fjord
Bjørn

Same x

MumChp · 04/08/2024 18:20

Rune
Fjord
Bjørn

MistyHazelFox · 04/08/2024 18:14

I like Rune the best, but also really digging Fjord and Bjorn. Good luck.

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