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Viking/Norse names for a boy

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womma · 11/04/2011 22:07

SIL is about to pop and it's a boy. She has scandinavian roots and a boy called Tor already but is stuck for a name for the new addition. (Oh, and a very tricky double-barrelled surname to boot) Any suggestions gratefully received!

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serin · 11/04/2011 22:10

The only Scandinavian Mum I know has called her son Elvis.

Errr......Conrad?

JiltedJohnsJulie · 11/04/2011 22:24

Grin at Elvis, Womma you should keep your face straight and suggest it.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 11/04/2011 22:36

Magnus?

MavisEasterbunny · 11/04/2011 22:38

Per?

latermater · 11/04/2011 22:38

Knut?

PaisleyLeaf · 11/04/2011 22:39

Eric?

loler · 11/04/2011 22:43

Loving Elvis too!!

Lots of Manx names have viking roots - there's list of names here. Finlo/Fynlo (fair scandinavian) is cool. Orry is a grower (he was a Viking King) - I wanted to call our dog it!

There's another list with pronunciations here

Borisismyhousespider · 11/04/2011 22:43

Goram?

Carrotsandcelery · 11/04/2011 22:45

Ragnar?

Carrotsandcelery · 11/04/2011 22:45

Now all I can think of is Norse gods eg Odin, Thor...

suzikettles · 11/04/2011 22:45

Sigurd, Per, Erik, Harald, Ranald

cazzybabs · 11/04/2011 22:47

Dag

saralyn · 11/04/2011 22:51

Lars
Gard
Arnar
Sveinn/ Svend
Marius
Eystein
Anders

Hm, tricky to think of names that Brits would manage to pronounce

lipslave · 11/04/2011 22:55

I knew a Tor. His brothers were called Lief and Soren.

loler · 11/04/2011 22:56

Isn't a dag the pooey bit around a sheeps bum? Not a good name if living in an English farming area

Karbea · 11/04/2011 23:08

I love the name Lars, Soren is really nice too

DitaVonCheese · 11/04/2011 23:39

I am fond of Eric/Erik :)

QueeferSutherland · 11/04/2011 23:40

Odin.
MN name par excellance.

I LOVE Anders.

Soren, Magnus & Lief are lovely too.

I really like Scandinavian names.

ResurrectionByChocolate · 11/04/2011 23:52

Ragnar, but not Snorri please.

jellybeansontoast · 12/04/2011 00:03

Johan? Pronounced Yo-han.

Or what about this one: Jocke. You pronouce it with the 'o' to sound like the 'o' in 'on'. Yo-kay. But not to rhyme with OK. I think it's lovely.

meadowlarks · 12/04/2011 01:10

Anders, Soren, Liev and Lars were all on my list but got shouted down when I posted them here.

meadowlarks · 12/04/2011 01:11

Oh, and I have two Scandinavian friends called Joss and Jaaky (pronounced Yoss and Yackee) if that floats your boat.

mathanxiety · 12/04/2011 03:58

Somhairle/ Sorley is an Irish name that means 'summer wanderer' -- Viking in other words.
Raghnaill / Ranald also has Norse antecedents.

Olaf/ Amhlaibh (pr Owliv)

Asmund is a nice Manx name.

GooseyLoosey · 12/04/2011 04:39

My family are Danish, ds's middle name is Anders as its a family name. Also have an Axel in the family.

womma · 12/04/2011 08:54

Oh wow, what a lot of lovely names there are! Thanks very much for these. I'm going to email them to SIL so she can peruse and choose, so thanks from her as well, she'll be very happy with these suggestions.
I like the idea of having boys called Tor and Odin, the gods of thunder and rage, haha!!

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