Danish baby names?

[marionara]

Hi!
Partner is Danish and we'd like to give our new little one (yet to arrive) a Danish name.
Have looked up the common ones but nothing has stood out. Thanks :-)

Lars
Morten
Henning
Caspar

Boy or girl?

Do you speak Danish?

I like Esben for a boy, though I don't think most English speaking people would get the pronunciation right first time. Girls names are more difficult I think, as a lot of the ones that look straight forward actually have a difficult pronunciation for an English speaker. I like Janne.

Just watch the pronounciation as it can be different, especially with the girls names.

Morten,
Martin,
Lars,
Henrik

Pernilla,
Erna,
Anna,
Freja

I don't think the Danish pronunciation of Freja works well in the UK. And my Danish husband would absolutely refuse to say it how it is commonly said in English.

Same here!

We don't know the sex as of yet.
Esben was a fave last time round but have gone off it now, not sure why!

Morten I find a bit harsh, and Henning very German rather than Danish.

All the Danish babies that I know have very non Danish names, e.g. Lily, Molly, Emma, Hugo, Harry etc.

If you are in the UK, i'd use an english name. if you are used to how a name sounds in the original language it will sound wrong in the anglicised pronunciation.

Freja and Magnus sound quite different in Danish

Definitely, mauwnoose!

That's fair, Sophia's and the like

Definitely, mauwnoose!

I remember when Borgen was on and a colleague was wondering why they'd changed the son's name for the subtitles. She had no idea they were saying Magnus.

Katherine/Karen/Karin for a girl.

Leif or Soren for sure.

I like Søren, Solvaig and Pernilla but for all I know they’re in Derek/Doreen territory. Presuming most people answering are Brits, suggestions will be quite hit and miss.

Astrid
Hanne
Agnes
Ida
Sofie
Camilla
Elsa
Kirsten
Greta
Christina

Erik
Frederik
Kasper
Magnus
Felix
Hugo
Stefan
Anton
Emil
Mathias

Thankyou, love some of these

Pernille is lovely, Soren seems so common now. And its pronounced Serrn in Denmark not Sore-ren as people are doing here.

Life and Serrn are how they're pronounced in Denmark, neither of which I like very much. I wonder if I'm too fussy!

I really feel like Karen has been ruined by memes 😂

Girls

Bodil
Annaliese
Mette
Maja
Kamma
Karina
Ulla
Nina
Malene
Nya
Anja
Lotte

Boys

Karsten
Stefan
Kristian
Emil
Jesper
Preben

Thanks for these! :)

2 of my girls have danish middlenames.

Some suggestions

Anny
Dorrith
Ea
Vibeke
Mette
Lena
Helle
Dorthe
Trine
Katrina
Sørine

Or name a girl after the queen Margrethe

Boys. Dh wanted Lars Johannes Bjørn. I was a hard no

Claus
Lars
Lauritz
Ulrich (I love this name so much but hard in English I know)
Mikkel
Henrik
Axel
Johan
Jan
Niels
Jens

Oh had to add in Lykke for a girl
And Solvej

I know a Danish girl called Ida, which I always thought was lovely.