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Danish names

35 replies

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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mathanxiety · 02/06/2010 15:54

Agnethe/ Agnete/Agnetha
Anika
Anja
Anna
Antonia
Astrid
Birgitte
Cille
Dagmar
Else
Elva
Frida
Gret e
Hanne/ Johanne
Helle
Lovise
Malene
Maren
Pernille
Mathilde

Aksel/ Axel
Albert
Albin
Benedikte
Bo
Gunnar
Hagen/ Haakon
Ib (form of Jacob)
Jannick
Jesper
Klemens
Lorens
Niels
Olaf/ Olav/ Amhlaibh
Raghnall (Irish from Viking era)
Somhairle (Irish -- refers to Vikings)
Torsten
Urban

Some of these might be general Scandinavian or German.

Original poster
tyler80 · 02/06/2010 13:12

Would also appreciate if there are names to avoid, only associated with old men etc.

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haggisaggis · 02/06/2010 12:36

Anders

Anneke

Amapoleon · 02/06/2010 12:32

Dd has a Danish friend called Clara.. Her family are

Christian
Emilie
Cecilie
Frederik
Emma
Emil
Karen
Mathilde
Victor

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tyler80 · 02/06/2010 12:24

My Danish reading book is soren and mette and i like both but Soren normally has a slashed o, and want to avoid the Danish alphabet for logistical reasons, and half the females in that side of the family are mette.

Other family names ruled out
Katrina
Kristina
Julie
Lotte
Lisabet
Caryn
Hanne

Karsten
Kasper
Kurt
Oliver
Jens

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Original poster
tyler80 · 02/06/2010 12:10

Lots of those names I like, Charlotte is really pretty in Danish and I like Jakob too but the former would just be pronounced as in English and the latter as Jacob which is what I want to avoid.

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lidofabiro · 02/06/2010 12:05

Annelise
Sofie
Charlotte
Kristen
Kristina
Laura
Annette
Mina
Emma
Kathrina
Caroline
Freya
Caryn
Nadia
Marianne

Jakob
Paul
Aron
Hendrik
Anton
Ivar
John
Jeremias
Marius
Martinu s
Niles
Oliver
Peter
Soren
Samson

Original poster
tyler80 · 02/06/2010 12:01

A lot of those names are already within the family.

Not keen on stuff like Daniel and Kristian which are identical or very similar to the English

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frakkit · 02/06/2010 11:53

My Danish friends are Sara, Betina, Lene, Freja, Trude, Ann (Anna & Annika), Hanne, Elsebeth & Ida for girls and Jens, Anders, Kasper, Daniel, Benji (his full name might be Benjamin?), Jakob, Kristian & Silas for the blokes.

Any of those any good?

Didn't realise how many Danes I had on FB!

cyteen · 02/06/2010 11:49

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