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Tell me your fave Scandinavian/Germanic boys names pls

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EldonAve · 26/04/2010 12:32

Please tell me your fave Scandinavian/Germanic boys names

Looking for inspiration

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MummyFifi · 03/05/2010 22:24

Alexander (after Alexander Skardgard) Great name

ZZZenAgain · 03/05/2010 20:35

Here's a list of GErman boys names you can scroll through:

here

Some nice names on there, I am intrigued by "Degenhart" but probably wouldn't use it.

ZZZenAgain · 03/05/2010 20:25

quite like Hagen (bad guy in lit alert)

ZZZenAgain · 03/05/2010 20:24

Ansgar
Sebastian (convenient since it is also a common enough English name)
Christian

Not personally that keen on them but they might work for you: Olaf, Detlef?

tillywee · 03/05/2010 20:17

Till.....my son is called that

Very unusual choice but I love it

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EldonAve · 28/04/2010 16:38

thanks

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mathanxiety · 28/04/2010 15:25
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cory · 28/04/2010 10:30

mathanxiety, this is what happens when you are overeducated

chocolatecosmos · 28/04/2010 00:14

Fabian

cityangel · 27/04/2010 22:58

Hugo

Pannacotta · 27/04/2010 15:45

Andreas, Mathias, Linus, Johan.

mathanxiety · 27/04/2010 15:42

Cory -- I was thinking of Raghnall mac Somhairle (son of Somerled), and got him mixed up with his mother, Ragnhildis (Ragnhild).

Raghnall is sometimes anglicised as Ranald.

Bathsheba · 27/04/2010 14:28

Oh I love scandanavian Boys names far more than non-Scandanavian ones

Soren
Hakan
Jesper

are my absolute favourites

CaptainNancy · 27/04/2010 13:28

Out of interest... cory, as a genyuwine skandi person, what are yours please?

cory · 27/04/2010 09:05

mathanxiety, Ragnhild is a girl's name.

willow5 · 27/04/2010 05:09

Lucas
Oscar
August

My favourite Norwegian names that work in both languages

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EldonAve · 26/04/2010 21:43

Thanks for all the suggestions

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thisisyesterday · 26/04/2010 20:20

i have a Linus, so i think that's a pretty bloody cool name

also like Lars a lot, Soren and Nico

GladioliBuckets · 26/04/2010 20:11

Bastian / Sebastian?

StrictlyKatty · 26/04/2010 17:43

I love Johannes and Constantin.

When DS was born the boy next to him was Linus Von Alm, the best name ever!

mathanxiety · 26/04/2010 17:33

Sigmund
Alois
Werner
Roland
Raghnild (Old Norse)

BlauerEngel · 26/04/2010 16:06

Oh blimey, I can confirm the popularity of most of the names on Sophiesmummie's list. It's like a class register of every nursery or group my kids have been in. Julius and Constantin are going to be the posh kids, Marcel and Marco aren't.

I nearly fell over in disbelief the first time I heard a dad at the playground calling 'Tsehd-reek' (Cedric)

Kilian as a name I can handle, but I draw the line at the abbreviation 'Kili' - not only is it a bit too close to kill, it's also the German word for tickle.

My favourite silly German name of all time has to be Bodo. Makes me smile every time, which can of course be embarrassing if you're being introduced to the Bodo in question.

Please don't call your ds Karl-Heinz, Wolfgang or Siegfried - they're the equivalent of Cuthbert or Walter, ie old men's names

sophiesmummie · 26/04/2010 13:44

Popular Boys Names iin Germany in 2008:

Leon
Lucas / Lukas
Luca / Luka
Tim / Timm
Finn / Fynn
Luis / Louis
Jonas
Felix
Paul
Maximilian
Max
Niclas / Niklas
Julian
Ben
Elias
Jan
Noah
Moritz
Philip / Philipp
Jannik / Yannik / Yannick / Yannic
Fabian
Simon
Nico / Niko
David
Alexander
Eric / Erik
Tom
Nils / Niels
Justin
Florian
Jacob / Jakob
Lennard / Lennart
Jason
Linus
Nick
Colin / Collin
Hannes
Lenny
Quentin
Dominic / Dominik
Mika
Jannis / Janis / Yannis
Robin
Julius
Daniel
Tobias
Sebastian
Adrian
Henri / Henry
Vincent
Anton
Johannes
Marvin / Marwin
Jonathan
Marlon
Kevin
Emil
Joel
Timo
Benjamin
Till
Rafael / Raphael
Ole
Oscar / Oskar
Aaron
Leo
Pascal
Samuel
Marc / Mark
Constantin / Konstantin
Jamie
Leonard
Christian
Carl / Karl
Joshua
John
Lennox
Marcel
Silas
Jona / Jonah
Kilian
Lars
Phil
Lasse
Jeremy / Jeremie
Oliver
Bastian
Matthis / Mattis / Mathis / Matis
Dennis
Michael
Maxim
Maurice
Liam
Justus
Malte
Marco / Marko
Johann
Mohammed / Mohamed / Muhammed
Benedikt
Cedric / Cedrik
Noel

said · 26/04/2010 13:43

I like:
Franz
Karl-Heinz
Rudi
Wolfgang

(from Germany's most capped players list)

GladioliBuckets · 26/04/2010 13:40

Ooh Linus is cool!

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