Danish/Scandi baby names!

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Looking for inspiration! DH is Danish.
We've already a DS with a fairly common Danish/Swedish name.
Would love some suggestions, both boys and girls.
Left-field suggestions which may not have made it into the most popular rankings lists.
Might go for a common one as the primary name, and a more radical choice for middle name :-)

Tak! ❤️

Alma is lovely but something similar in extended family! 🙄

Erna
Ebba
Tordis
Mette
Inga
Katrine

Niels
Karsten
Erik
Mads

I like Mette a lot.
The only Danes I know are Rasmus and Pia

www.dst.dk/da/Statistik/nyheder-analyser-publ/nyt/NytHtml?cid=46820#:~:text=Fornavne%20%2D%20nyf%C3%B8dte%202022,1.000%20nyf%C3%B8dte%20piger%20navnet%20Ella. is a link to the 50 most popular names for both boys and girls in Denmark.

Fieka

Sanna

Torben

Is Thora Danish?

@pinkpale

It's not a name in Denmark

@theduchessofspork

Yes Thora is the feminine to Thor. Not used a lot. 14 girls were named Thora in 2022.

Torben is very rare in young boys and so is Sanna in girls.

This link in English should be useful. You can se the most popular given first names in Denmark and you can see how many people have the name in Denmark. Often young people and older people aren't called by the same kind of names. I think it is the same trend in many countries.

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/borgere/navne/navne-til-nyfoedte

@Gardencentrevoucher

Quite oldfashion names in Denmark. Most found around people 45-55 yo.

Freya
Lars
Hans

@ChanelNo19EDT

Ebbe? It's on the rise from being a granddad Nanette to a young boy bane again. 182 boys was named Ebbe in 2022.

We relocated to Denmark a few years ago.

In my youngst daughter's year at primary school we have names like Julia, Kamille, Esther, Alba, Nora, Noah, Villads, William, Jonathan, Sofus, Samuel, Saga, Alva, Astrid, Carl, Alexander, Otto, Sarah, Silje, Alma, Selma, Vidar, Christian, Vitus, Nikolai, Willum, Mikkel, Nohr, Valdemar, Ludvig, Asbjørn, Alberte, Sofia, Anker, Emma, Alba, Luna, Arthur, Clara, Dagmar, Freja, Frida, Emil, Ellen, Felix, Vilma, Frederikke, Jakob, Rebekka, Isabella, Hjalte, Frederik, Julius, Andreas, Liva, Lukas, Maja, Mille, Vilfred, Solvej, Oskar, Sigurd, Vigga, Emily, Vilde, Josephine, Viola, Maiken.

And of course nanes from other cultures. Our daughter has a very common British name.

@MattDamon

1 person in Denmark is named that :)

I’m mystified as to why Thora hasn’t been revived in the Uk along with Edith, Ada, Enid, Stella etc. Fabulous name. it’s pronounced Tora though in Denmark is it?

Depends on what sort of vibe you are going for
I too love Lykke but find it so hard in English we didn't name our dd this name..

We did use Margrethe and Sørine for middlenames. (I am Danish btw)

I love Regitze but again. Hard on English

For boys name I adore Søren never met a bad Søren..

Vibe
Vibeke
Helle
Lotte
Ida
Lena
Elvira

Jens
Niels
Mikkel
Axel
Eywind
Johan

Super traditional Danish names no Brit wl see as Danish are. Christian and Frederick..

If going down the Royal line there are some amazing names
Leonora Christine
Ulrikka
Sophia Magdalena
Frederikke
Thyra
Dagmar
Ingeborg
Alexandrine

And got to mention
Knud and Ingolf

@theduchessofspork

Yes Tora/Thora and Tor/Thor sound very much alike in Danish.

Stellan
Roselie

Danish names have a slightly different ring to them than Swedish and Norwegian names, never mind the names found in Finland. There are of course the names with roots in ancient nordic history, but many Danish names have a hint of the germanic about them too.
Pronunciation is very particular, most names won't sound, when rolling off an English-speaking tongue, like they would if uttered by a Dane.
I love Theis for a boy and Gry and Saga for a girl. They sound lovely and soft in Danish but perhaps a bit harsh in English?

Astrid
Ingrid
Benedikte
Ivalo
Mathilde
Anneke
Sophie

Ivor
Igor
Bertil
Christian
Anders
Hans
Brett
Oscar

Love Anders, but it's pronounced an us (sort of) 😫

How important is the pronunciation to you/your DH?

Even seemingly straightforward names like Lotte and Mikkel will be pronounced quite differently by English speakers.

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No suggestions but I would check with DH and family about any pitfalls like the Danish equivalent of Nigel, Barry and Ian. Unless that's your vibe.

I love the name torben and noa