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 :-)

My fav are Lotte and Mathias
agree you need to think if you want it to be pronounced the danish way or English, or if you want a name which is pronounced the same

Dorthe

An English person is very unlikely to be able to pronounce Dorthe correctly

Jette
Magda

Karl
Lief

Gorgeous!

The only Danish/English couple I know (living in Denmark) called their DCs Emma and Oliver.

I know some Norwegians with DCs called Nelly, Lotte and Jens.

For girls
Pia
Tove (I know its more Swedish but I love Tove Janssons books)
Merete
Bodil
Astrid

For boys
Erasmus (Rasmus)
Kim
Lars
Gustaf
Konrad

I'd pronunciation is important then I would not recommend C/Konrad. Its pronounced differently in Danish to how it is in the UK
I have a Conrad (I am the Danish side of my marriage) and he quite likes the 2 different pronunciations but recognises it's a much softer sound in Danish to English. I still love the name.

How is Freja pronounced in Danish? I'm intrigued!

How is Konrad is pronounced in Danish?

Fryer and Konral 😉

Yes, like Fryer but the r is throatier sort of like Frrry-uh

I think that Magnus is Mao-noos (mao like chairman mao) in some countries but not sure which.

Friend has a half-danish grandson and he's Mag-nus

I also think Laerke (Lark) is pretty, but that would cause pronunciation issues.

it sounds too much like Lurgy

Oh, that’s a pity.

Air Freja
Cnut

Magnus and Konrad are great, shame we already have an Erasmus relative!

@midsomermurderess we have a Laerke on dh family side and I really struggle to say it correctly

Dh has a name like a Jacob and he really dislikes that it's 2 completely different pronoucations so our dc have names said the same in both English and Danish.

Boys I like Emil Mattias Nikolai
Girls Emilia Anna Mille Tove Sofia

Tove is lovely, if that said broadly how I think it is, Tuva?

I love the name Anna

My Danish friend's DD is called Anna

That's the way its pronounced in Sweden. Its such a pretty name.

Not Danish but Swedish and Norwegian, I like the name Åse. I think it is Aase in Danish

Tove is pretty much unpronouncable by most English people. As is Grete.

Unfortunately a lot of the girls names on the lists produced, I can personally guarantee you that English speakers will not pronounce the -e on the end which leads to some fairly awful names. They aren't good at the J either.

My name still sounds lovely, my Mum's they must know they should have asked first, it's dreadful.

Birgit
Mette
Hanne
Gitte
Lisbeth
Birthe

Jens
Rasmus
Kjeld
Viggo

I live another EU country.
My advise is whatever you choose, make it a name that the child won't have correct or explain the pronunciation & spelling in the UK for his entire life

Kids in my extended family with Danish mother are Mattias, Theo (T O) & Mia (Mee A)