Scandinavian names? Any thoughts?

[honory]

At the risk of being pretentious - probably a lost cause anyway - I am really keen on naming my #2 (due October)in a Scandinavian style! My DD is Honor Mary Maj the Maj being Swedish for May (pronounced My) and I am really keen on Ingrid, Greta,and Astrid. Also Soren and Stellan for a boy although DH not at all keen on those. We have no Scandinavian connection apart from a love of the countries, design and cinema/literature. What do you think and have you any suggestions?

[OatcakeCravings]

Hi,

There are loads of Scandinavian boys that are nice eg: Karl, Dane, Jakob, Beck, Markus.

I always thought that Maj was a boys name.

[HereComeTheGirls]

My DD is called Kirsten..which is a common Scandinavian name as well as used here...

[honory]

I hope Maj isn't aboy's name! I named her after the writer Maj Sjowall but have a feeling that Larry Hagman's swedish wife was called Maj!

[HereComeTheGirls]

Apparently it can be both...

[mylittlepudding]

I have a Freya. Just loved it really, you could spell it "properly" (Freja) if you wanted.

[OatcakeCravings]

Hiya,

Just had a look at babynames.com and according to them it can be used as a male or female name

[cyteen]

I love Ingrid and Astrid.

[Fennel]

I like Lars and Tor. for boys.

Greta is nice.

[NotQuiteCockney]

I love Scandi names, have lots for boys: Lars, Linus, Magnus. Oh, I know an Arne locally. Erick. I like Loki and Thor, too, but they're a bit out-there for my taste really.

[Anna8888]

Pia is lovely.

Also Anneka.

[Tutter]

i know swedes named svea, kirsty and henrik

but would never contemplate giving a swedish name if i had no swedish connections. very odd imo

[emkana]

I like Madita.

[Fennel]

My dds have mostly Greek names and we have no Greek connections. I just like lots of Greek words/sounds.

[CountessDracula]

Lars?

[Anna8888]

I agree with Tutter, however - I think it's best when names have cultural resonance for the family concerned.

[mylittlepudding]

How far back in ones cultural heritage should one look though?? Slippery slope that one, and judgemental too.

[emkana]

I think that's a bit of a silly argument really, many names which are commonplace were originally "foreign" names and have slowly been accepted as "normal".

[notinmyname]

I've always like Thorfinn Ravensfeeder..

[notinmyname]

Sorry. Just an impulse. I actually DO like Thorfinn tho wouldn't use it...

Isn't Linus Irish?
Kirsty Scottish?
Kirsten a girl's name here and boy's name in Sweden?

Maybe Scandanavian parents who like foreign names?

[claricebeansmum]

Oscar/Oskar

[HereComeTheGirls]

apparently kirsten is OCCASIONALLY used for boys but it's mostly a girl's name!

[branflake81]

Did anyone read the Bullerby children books when they were little by Astrid Lindgren? I LOVED them and really wanted to move to Sweden. Not really relevant but just thought I'd add. If I remember rightly the kids in those books were Britta, Anna, Kirsten, Olaf, Lars, Pip and Lisa.

[TooTicky]

I have 4 dcs and they all have Scandinavian names

[TooTicky]

Oh, and I have read nearly everything by Astrid Lindgren

[Fennel]

We have the Bullerby books, my dds are reading them.

There are Astrid Lindgren books about children called Lotta and Jonas too.