Scandi boys big list: Fjord, Fenris, Esben etc

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Turns out, it's a boy!

potential Danish/Scandi boys names (we’ve Danish heritage) Any opinions or suggestions for alternatives?

Fjord (is this too weird?)
Esben
Rune
Fenris
Artemis
Olafur
Eske
Torben
Kosmo
Bjorn/Bjarne
Klaus
Soffren
Rafe
Njord
Eben

Any thoughts? Feel free to be ruthless!
Any alternative’s which come to mind?
Thanks!

Love Eben and Torben. What about Soren?

Espen
Magnus

Artemis - use Diana instead

Fjord is definitely too weird. Although I suppose Dale is a name 🤷🏻‍♀️

Artemis is a Greek goddess so I’d give her a miss. The rest are great. I particularly like Soren, Olafur and Klaus.

Leif and Rasmus are good Scandinavian names too.

I did know a Lars but he was a complete wanker which put be off a perfectly serviceable name.

I feel like Soren has been hijacked beyond recognition 😩

Love Leif, but how it's pronounced here is so off, not sure I can deal with my son being called Leaf wherever he goes 😬

Isn't Olafur Icelandic?

Jonas?
Mikkael?
Henrik?

Bjorn is my favourite, partly because that’s a name I would have loved to use. Also known due to Bjorn Borg.

Love Torben also, easy for us Brits to say and spell.

Other names-
Erik
Sven
Tomas
Lars
Henrik
Karl
Alexander
Christian
Frederik

Swedish friend's new grandson is called Viggo - I love the name.

You could do names that are a bit familiar here like Isak, Christian, Lukas.

Magnus. We have one 😊 Thorfinn, Torrin.

Sadly yes. How annoying, because wow it is gorgeous!

Viggo is super cool, not sure it works for us though, kind of clashes with our surname 😭

Never heard Cosmo, Soffren, Artemis, Eben or
Rafe in Denmark.

I appreciate it's not a Scandi name, but if you love it, then why not choose it?

Thanks for this, that's really helpful!
Surprised about Eben - I thought it was relatively common.
Could you perhaps mention a few Danish boys names you've come across? Thanks! :-)

Aksel?

One of my sons has the middle name Torben, he was born during a huge storm so it fit perfectly!

Rafe has always been a favourite of mine, but my husband vetoed it each time.

Others I like from your list are Fenris (would Fenrir be too much?) and Rune.

What about:
Stellan
Torsten
Gunnar
Finn
Brage
Ari

Eben is Hebrew I think.

Eben is first name of 3 males in Denmark.
Fjord to 79 males in Denmark.

Esben
Rune
Eske
Torben
Bjørn/Bjarne
Klaus/Claus
are common boys names in Denmark.

Children are given quite modern international names in Denmark these years. See the pictures over the most popular names in the last countings.

Frederik
Christian
Rasmus
Carl
Storm
Jakob/Jacob
Mikkel
Magnus
Aksel
Thor
are seen among our Danish friends' boys thes years. They are all common Danish boys names.

Olafur is Scandi. But very specifically Icelandic, so it seems an odd thing to do when it's about Danish heritage.

It feels a bit to me like saying you want a Scots name, and then plumping for something really Irish.

Stellan, Ari and Brage wouldn't be common in Denmark.
Finn, Gunnar, Torsten would be considered oldfashion but nothing wrong with that (but not given to many babies in 2024).

@MumChp I just went Scandinavian as OP did say that/Danish. I'm assuming she's not too strict on it being 100% Danish as she has Artemis, which is Greek (and generally female), and Eben which is Hebrew on there too.

I've always looked outside the top 1000 for names for my babies, so I'd be happy with the less common options.

Torsten.

Henrik
Christian
Niels
Lars
Søren
Torben
Rasmus
Casper

Assuming Harry Potter is still a thing-and it shows no signs of not being, Fenrir would be a bad idea!