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?

I had Astrid and Soren on my names list when pg with baby number 2. Love them both

if I have another boy he is going to be Lars.

hanna, hans, harald, hedvig, helga, heidi, helena, helene, henriette, henrik, henrike, ida, inga, ingrid, irene, ivar, jacob, jan, jannick, janicke, jens, jesper, johan, johanna, johannes, jon, jonas, jonathon, jorck, josef, julia, warner, walter, vita, virginia, viola, vincent, vilmar, viktor, viktoria, veronika, verner, ulrike, ursula, ulrik, ulla, tyra, tordis, torben, tor, tora, tobias, tine, thorsten, thora, thomas, therese, theresa, theodor, thea, tea, tarben, susanne, stig, stefan, soren, sonja, sofie, siv, simon, sigrid, sigmund, sara, severin, sanna, ruth, rudolf, rune, runa, ruben, rosemarie, rosa, rolf, robert, rikard, regina, rebekka, rasmus, ralph, rakel, ragnar, pontus, pia, peter, paul, otto, osvald, oskar, olga, ole, nora, nathanael, morten, monika, mona, mikaela, mikael, mia, meta, mathias, martina, martin, martha, maria, marius, margareta, magnus, madgalene, magdalena, magda, mads, lukas, lucia, lotte, lorens, liv, lise, lis, lisbet, lena, lene, lina, laura, lasse, lars, konrad, kresten, kris, klemens, klara, kim, kennet, kiersten, katrine, kasper, karolina, karoline, karla, karl, karen, kai.

there are far too many lovely names out there.

hatrick, I met a Nico at bf cafe the other day only pronounced nicko, rather than neeco

as far as I know Lars is a scandinavian name, yes....

Magnus for a boy or Greta for a girl.

hehe,Magnus kinda makes me think of Lazytown, lol

how are elisabet and lisbet pronounced?

So much lovely input! I'm still keen on all my names apart from not quite knowing how to pronounce Soren (is it Surren?)I do take people's points about not having Scandinavian heritage (as far as I know of course) but don't think it matters one jot! I also like Lotte (pronounced Lotter) but find the girls' names easier to countenance than the boys as by and large the boys' names are quite unusual. Does anyone know of any Svens, Stellans or Sorens in England (outside of Primrose Hill!) that were not born to Scandinavian parents? Maybe we could set up a support group!!

I know a Signe, I think it is very pretty though no-one can pronounce it of course

i have a kai

Sven?
Lars?

how do you pronounce Signe? Is it a boys' name or a girls' name?

I love Greta. Also for girls - Karin ('Ka' pronounced as 'Car'), Mirja (Mir-ya), Asa (Orsa). All pretty.

I think that Freya is nice.

I have a Freya Loved the name the second I heard it. It's seems to be getting more common, so much for her unusual name

Have you tried looking at a name day calender? Or, better displayed, wikipedia?

Love Asa - but probably for a middle name. Have looked at the name day calendar and it is a great resource. Thanks! Any ideas on pronunciations - Soren and Signe??

I think Soren is pronounced Syo-ren, doesn't the O have a diagonal through it (in Danish)? We have a Romanian name Sorin and considered it for DS but it wouldn't have gone with our surname which sounds like O'Good (Sorry, No Good).

I think Signe is pr. Seey-neh.

Another Scand. name is Sylvia. We have one and a Heidi too.

When are you due Honory?

My dd has a scandi name- one of the 3 you mention- (the authoress!) we love it. We actually chose it many years ago, before we had even decided to have dc or get married. Thank goodness she looked the part when she arrived.

I like Stellan and Thorsten, Greta and Espen too.