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Scandinavian names? Any thoughts?

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honory · 04/04/2008 13:03

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?

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OatcakeCravings · 04/04/2008 13:10

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 · 04/04/2008 13:11

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

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honory · 04/04/2008 13:30

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!

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HereComeTheGirls · 04/04/2008 13:34

Apparently it can be both...

mylittlepudding · 04/04/2008 13:35

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

OatcakeCravings · 04/04/2008 13:35

Hiya,

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

cyteen · 04/04/2008 13:36

I love Ingrid and Astrid.

Fennel · 04/04/2008 13:38

I like Lars and Tor. for boys.

Greta is nice.

NotQuiteCockney · 04/04/2008 13:38

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 · 04/04/2008 13:38

Pia is lovely.

Also Anneka.

Tutter · 04/04/2008 13:40

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 · 04/04/2008 13:40

I like Madita.

Fennel · 04/04/2008 13:41

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

CountessDracula · 04/04/2008 13:41

Lars?

Anna8888 · 04/04/2008 13:42

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

mylittlepudding · 04/04/2008 13:47

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

emkana · 04/04/2008 13:48

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 · 04/04/2008 13:48

I've always like Thorfinn Ravensfeeder..

notinmyname · 04/04/2008 13:50

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 · 04/04/2008 13:52

Oscar/Oskar

HereComeTheGirls · 04/04/2008 13:56

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

branflake81 · 04/04/2008 13:57

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 · 04/04/2008 14:00

I have 4 dcs and they all have Scandinavian names

TooTicky · 04/04/2008 14:00

Oh, and I have read nearly everything by Astrid Lindgren

Fennel · 04/04/2008 14:02

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

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