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Belgian/Scandinavian middle name(s) for Charlotte

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autumndreaming · 01/06/2018 11:50

Would be known as Lottie but need a Belgian/Scandinavian middle name (possibly 2) to go with Charlotte.

I really like Ingrid but not sure if we want something a bit more frilly/feminine?

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wallyfeatures · 01/06/2018 11:56

Alberte
Ida
Matilde
Nathalie
Emma (hugely popular in Scandinavia in the past few years)
Johanne
Ethel (eee- tal)
Ingrid
Margrethe
Josefine
Nikoline
Silke
Sofie

Just grabbed these off of some class lists as my children's school (we live in Scandi)

autumndreaming · 01/06/2018 11:59

I love Ida! And Matilde.

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KatharinaRosalie · 01/06/2018 12:13

Something from the respective royal families?
Therese
Amelie
Lilian
Märtha
Mette

MaybeyBaybey · 01/06/2018 12:25

Ylva
May/ja
Ida
Viktoria
Saga
Runa
Katja
Kajsa
Lena
Annika
Irene
Freja
Alma
Alva
Ronja
Ellinor

And French names obviously. :)

Peachbubble · 01/06/2018 15:17

Camille
Ines
Clemence
Emilie

Hanne
Kristina
Tilde
Greta

LiviaAD · 01/06/2018 15:45

Leontine, one of my favourites, though I think the spelling is different there.

MaybeyBaybey · 01/06/2018 16:04

Leontine is so pretty!

I also like Léontine, which (being French) could be Belgian as well. Or Léonie (which is also used in the Netherlands and Belgium, isn't it?)

bridgetreilly · 01/06/2018 17:30

Charlotte Johanna
Charlotte Astrid
Charlotte Margrethe
Charlotte Annaliese
Charlotte Marina

redexpat · 01/06/2018 17:36

Denmarks most popular names here

autumndreaming · 02/06/2018 11:38

These are all great - thank you! Adore Clemence, have discussed it before but it doesn't really go with Charlotte 🙁

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ILikeMyChickenFried · 02/06/2018 11:45

I think Charlotte Clemence works!

midsomermurderess · 02/06/2018 20:37

Elke.

Smoliver · 03/06/2018 00:16

I was just about to suggest Ingrid! Grin

Other ideas:
Evelina
Astrid
Asta
Ester
Linnea

InkSnail · 03/06/2018 00:42

Sofie
Eva
Elisa
Anna
Anneke
Henrica
Zalia
Estée
Rania
Sofieke
Aurora
Veronique
Kirsten

Alexia05 · 04/06/2018 10:23

I'm Belgian. :-) And they're few 100% Belgian names. Probaly because we have 3 official languages (Dutch, French, German), we have a wide variety of names: French, Dutch, Scandinavien, English, Slavic, etc. . You won't find a lot of Scandinavian names in the French part of Belgium because some of them have souds which are known in Dutch but not in French.
Ingrid for example is indeed a quite common name in the Flemish part, but it's regarded as a bit old fashioned cause I don't think you'll find an Ingrid below the age of 40/45 nowadays. Nevertheless, there's nothing wrong with the name. :-)
Inge and Ilse are also common in that same region but most women with those names are also in their 40's now. And I think it's very hard to pronounce those names in English.
Other Scandinavian names you'll hear around here: Gitte, Jytte, Marit, Astrid, Ine, Berit, Merit, Jente, Yorunn, Dagmar, Ebba, Anneli, Inga, Mette, Ragna, Randi, Jelle, Mille, Kari, Karen, Kirsten, Kerstin, Elin, Gudrün, Birgit, Birte, Bente, Britt, Britta, Malin, Sigrid, Siggi, Agnes, Ania/Anja (also Russian), Annika, Ilva, Thyrza, Freya, Gitta, Ginthe, Karin, Lisbeth, Rhune, Runa, Stina, Svenja, Svea, Thyra Liv, Linn (Scandinavian form of Lynn)... Names like that have something in common with Dutch names (from The Netherlands) and as Dutch is the official language in Flanders, you hear them quite often: Maaike, Femke, Famke, Silke, Marijke, Renske, Wencke, Elke, Saartje, Kaatje, Kaat, Dieuwke, Hanne, Hanneleen, Hannelien, Liselotte, Liselore, Annelies, Annelien.
Old names of Low Lands literature are Isolde and Soetkin.
Also Cato/Kato (actually a French shortening of Catharina) is pretty common and a name you only here in Belgium nowadays and less common in the Netherlands. Other names which can be called 'Belgian' (or actually Flemish) because their pronounciation is quite hard for both French and English speaking people are: Nore, Febe, Tinne, Janne, Jante, Jinte, Sien, Noor, Jenne, Jelte, Siene, Stien, Sanne, Lisse, Lize, Gudrün, Nette, Nelle, Ans, Nele, Els, Mieke, Marieke, Fien, etc. Charlotte is a very popular name here and most Charlotte's I know have siblings with another French or classical name but that's not what you're looking for, is it? And oh, I know an Icelandic girl who'se name is Bryndis. I quite like that name. :-)

autumndreaming · 04/06/2018 14:03

Wow @Alexia05 that's so helpful thank you! Husband is half Belgian and grew up there (as well as in France for a while) but was quite young when he moved away and not so interested in names back then!

Thanks so much for your advice

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Parker231 · 04/06/2018 14:09

I’m Belgian. My DD has Elisabeth as her middle name. We now live in the UK and DH is French Canadian so it was a name which worked everywhere and also my and my DM’s middle name.

autumndreaming · 04/06/2018 14:43

@Parker231 I LOVE that spelling of Elisabeth - it's going on the list!

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LarkDescending · 04/06/2018 18:05

So many lovely names - I especially like Astrid, Sigrid, Silke, Elke.

photographyaddict · 04/06/2018 18:08

Astrid, Eva, Elsa :)

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