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Danish names

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tyler80 · 02/06/2010 11:45

OH is Danish, I'm English but with Welsh/Irish ancestry. I'd like something that works in both languages, though more from a pronunciation point of view than spelling. In my experience quite a lot of Danish names look straightforward but are almost impossible to pronounce correctly as an English speaker.

Looking for names for boys and girls at this stage.

Surname is very Danish but reasonably common in the UK, 2 syllables

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megonthemoon · 25/06/2010 20:27

I know a Danish family and the names they have used as first and second names are:

Helle
Alexandra
Anna

Jacob
Johannes
Felix
Christian
Tobias
Stefan (can't remember how this is spelt - think differently to how I have)

LittleSilver · 25/06/2010 18:58

My Danish friends are Line (Lee-na) and Helle (Hell-er). DD3 is also Line!

cityangel · 25/06/2010 13:38

Pia

Libra · 25/06/2010 13:29

Well we live in Scotland, so at school they are still the ones with the team that actually got to the World Cup!

Bit of a disaster area last night though!

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tyler80 · 25/06/2010 12:52

Will they be switching allegiances now?

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Libra · 24/06/2010 15:28

My DH is also Danish (and I also have Welsh family). We went with Nikolas and Thomas - pronounceable by all in the families.
(Both boys are wearing the Danish football kit and supporting Denmark in the World Cup by the way.)

blue22 · 24/06/2010 15:04

My DH is danish, and we've called our DD Kristiana

highlystrung · 24/06/2010 13:07

I knew a Danish family and they had three boys called Arne, lars and neils and two girls una and Nina. All in their 40s now. Love the name Arne.

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tyler80 · 24/06/2010 10:49

Who would have thought this would be so hard?

Toying with the idea of a name that can not necessarily be easily pronounced correctly by an English speaker but can be shortened to an English sounding nn for everyday use. Might expand my options a bit

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DastardlyandSmugly · 04/06/2010 08:59

So not Scandanavian but Nordic!

DastardlyandSmugly · 04/06/2010 08:56

It's finnish according to Google.

bellissima · 04/06/2010 08:49

Ditte
Karin

Henrik
Jens

But my fave 'would you dare' Scandi names have to be Pi and Ib...

halfawake · 04/06/2010 00:53

Elin

libelulle · 03/06/2010 21:31

I knew an Esben at school, can't remember anything about him but always liked the name

Lillan · 03/06/2010 21:01

Btw - Onni is not Scandinavian (I've never ever hear it to be honest and I'm Swedish)

Lillan · 03/06/2010 20:59

Perhaps Malte or Knut?

DastardlyandSmugly · 03/06/2010 11:15

I met a little boy on a plane once called Onni which I believe is Scandanavian (not sure which bit) and I think it's lovely.

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tyler80 · 03/06/2010 11:12

My preference would be a name that isn't identical or similar to an English name, so people don't just assume it's an English name spelt strangely or just use an English pronunciation, e.g. Charlotte.

Don't mind if the pronunciation isn't immediately obvious to an English speaker just as long as it's possible, so this rules out names like Dorte which is very very difficult for an English speaker.

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frakkit · 03/06/2010 10:48

Are you wanting identifiably Danish but pronounceable in English? Or the other way? Or common in both languages?

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tyler80 · 03/06/2010 10:21

Malin is nice but is very typically Swedish. Prefer something Danish rather than just Scandinavian.

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LadyThompson · 03/06/2010 10:05

I think the girl's name

Malin

is absolutely beautiful. So elegant.

Boys...um...

Henrik? Or is that Swedish?

pastapestofor6 · 03/06/2010 02:35

Matilda(g) and Melde(b) (pron melder)

willow5 · 03/06/2010 01:26

Here's the Norwegian name stats, the names will be similar:

www.ssb.no/navn/

lulabellamozerella · 02/06/2010 20:36

Only found one baby name finder which you can select Danish as an origin - thought you might want a link - www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk/expecting-a-baby/baby-name-finder.aspx

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tyler80 · 02/06/2010 15:58

Ooh, I'd forgot about Maren. Like it because people can't try and make it into an English name but it's not hard to say.

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