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?

[branflake81]

And Emil in the Soup Tureen - that's another.

[bohemianbint]

My son is called Jens - my name is Scandinavian too. Can't decide what to call the next one though so will watch this thread for inspiration. DP likes Lars but I'm not so sure, I knew one once and he was bonkers.

[Tutter]

mylittlepudding and emkana

ok, so if i had another maybe i could all him/her concepcion. or abdullah. or heinrich.

yes i could but as i said, it would be odd, imho

[Earlybird]

Ulrika.....

[3andnomore]

My oldest ds is Sven....whilst not scandinavian myself, it's a name commonly used in germany, and I am german!
I like the name Leif, Soren, Malte...but only Soren might work in english....there are also Lars , Nils, Michel and Ole that I can think off right now!

Annika is scandinavian, I think....Greta is quite cute...I knw a fair few Astrids, but it's not a namer I am keen on personally and have an Aunty called Ingrid...in germany it's a kind of old fashioned name I suppose!
I think Ida might also be scandinavian...if pronounced Eeda I think it's a cute name

[Bridie3]

Bjarne

[sophierosie]

My uncle is Gustav and aunt is Helena (pronounced Hel-ay-nah rather than Helen-a)
Rather enderingly my brother when little used to call my uncle 'good stuff' as he couldn't pronounce Gustav

[UnderRated]

I know girls named Astrid and Nisse and boys Aksel and Bjorn.

[3andnomore]

oh, my cousin is a Bjorn...how could I forget, lol!

[claraquitetirednow]

Jesper

[Nbg]

Is Lars Scandinavian?

[nappyaddict]

how about agnes, aksel, alexandra, alfred, anders, andrea, andreas, anika, anna, anne, annelie, annelise, anton, antonia, aron, arvid, asta, beata, bo, brita, britt, cai, carina, cecile, charlotte, christa, christen, christine, cille, claus, christoffer, daniel, david, dorothea, edith, edvard, edvin, elias, elin, elisabet, ellinor, else, elva, emanuel, emil, emilia, emilie, erik, erika, esben, espen, ester, eva, filip, finn, flemming, frans, frederik, frederikke, frej, freja, frida, frode, gabriel, georg, gina, gregers, grete, gunda, gunnar, gunvor, gustav ....

[EllenJane]

Hehe, Fin-Bob is very very cute. Mine will be Finlay Joseph. Fin-Jo doesn't have the same ring does it?

A question to all those with Finlays. Do you shorten it to Finn or Fin? I think it looks nicer with the extra n but maybe a little unnecessary and odd?

[stuffitllama]

elske? means love in orwegian and swedish

[TheBlonde]

I like Ingrid, Greta,and Astrid.
Not keen on Soren and Stellan though sorry

[EllenJane]

Eek, ignore me. Wrong thread (blush)

[cadelaide]

Albin

[maisemor]

I am Scandinavian and I have never, ever heard of Kirsten being used for a boy or Maj for that sake.

Elske is not a name, it means love. You might be thinking of the boys name Eske.

[shreddies]

I LOVE the name Lars. Always have, don't know why. Also like Soren

[Bluebutterfly]

Ellen - I have a Finlay who is Fin for short. I always think of Finlay as a Scottish/Gaelic name - the anglicised form of Fionnlagh.

[Bluebutterfly]

oh - that makes more sense then Ellen

[maisemor]

Lars is a very common name in Denmark. Although personally I don't like it.