Names that work in Danish and English

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I've got a long time to decide but struggling on finding names that work in both languages

Criteria :
Pronunciation easy for both Brits and Danes
If a Danish name not too similar to any English name that it could be mistaken for.
No non-English letters

Not finding out sex so need girls and boys names

Kirsten
Christina

Useful link
www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Emily

Anna
Emma
Sofia
Victoria
Olivia
Astrid
Thea
Clara
Laura
Caroline
Ella
Isabella
Karla

Lucas
William
Jonathan
Daniel
Noah
Alexander
Oliver
Christian
Marcus
Adam
Tristan
Sebastian
Felix

Laura is a good example of the sort of name I want to avoid as the pronunciation is totally different in the two languages.

I'm not fussed about having a particularly Danish name, just one that both sides of the family can pronounce.

Charlotte, if you can handle variations on last syllable.

Caspar / Kaspar

I like Elias but not convinced that it wouldn't be constantly mispronounced in the UK

I like Elias but not convinced that it wouldn't be constantly mispronounced in the UK

Espen (boy)
Astrid (girl)

Charlotte is another where UK and Danish pronunciation is totally different, not just the last syllable.

Kasper is too friendly ghost :-)

Camilla

Anouk
Stella
Freya

Finn
Phillip
Sid

Charlotte sounds exactly the same to me in both languages except for the last e, but fair enough, I can't sing in tune either.

Peter
Nina
Nils
Lina

My Danish friends are called Christian, Daniel, Christina and Alex (3 different families).

Heidi

Freddie

Sara

Peter

Xmas lots of that list doesn't work! Assume you don't speak Danish.

Adam for example is pronounced Ay-dam in Danish. Caroline is more like Caroleena.

I agree with choosing a Danish/Scandinavian name eg Kirsten, Anna, Freya.

Elin

Saga
Lillian
Hannah
Janine
Sophia

Kim
Hans
Freddie
Mark/c
Rasmus
Jon

Guess I've been watching too much "the bridge" recently!

LOL

Saga is pretty unusual

I find that instead of being a source of inspiration the Danish TV shows just give me a whole new list of names to avoid!

plus the Danes say it like Sega...

Just go for an English name. What sounds in our language can't they say?

I like Frederick but I think it sounds nicer in English. Fred in Danish sounds more like frul. Bitten is a name in Danish! as in bitten off more than you can chew. For a girl. Obviously.

lol at Saga!

Trina

Danish MIL can't say th correctly, but the same on pronunciation applies in reverse. They would pronounce anything like Caroline, Laura etc. the Danish way. I want something that sounds more or less the same in both.