Names that also work in Norway

[JemimaNutkin]

We're moving to Norway shortly after the birth of our second baby and are hoping to avoid a name that would sound strange, e.g. has an unpleasant meaning or difficult to pronounce in Norwegian. So if anyone has any knowledge of the Scandinavian languages, it would be helpful to have some input on either name suggestions or ones to avoid!

We're both British so wouldn't necessarily want a Scandinavian name. We currently have no boys names on our list but for girls we like Skye, Elsa/Ailsa, Iona & Orla. Our son has a common Scottish name.

Thanks in advance :)

Freya?

This is the current Norway Women's Football Team. Lots of names that work in both countries:

Cecilie Fiskerstrand
Guro Pettersen
Aurora Mikalsen
Marit Bratberg Lund
Maria Thorisdottir
Tuva Hansen
Guro Bergsvand
Marthine Østenstad
Thea Bjelde
Emilie Woldvik
Mathilde Harviken
Ingrid Syrstad Engen
Vilde Bøe Risa
Guro Reiten
Justine Kielland
Frida Maanum
Elisabeth Terland
Signe Gaupset
Lisa Naalsund
Karina Sævik
Caroline Graham Hansen
Celin Bizet Ildhusøy
Sophie Román Haug

Men's team is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_national_football_team

Stellan is a lovely Scandinavian name boys name, it’s easy to pronounce and spell, it works well in English and Norwegian.

Do you like any of these?
https://nameberry.com/popular-names/norway

Elsa will be pronounced more easily than Ailsa (although prople will learn :-)) Orla should be easy, Iona will be ee oh na rather than eye oh na on first reading. Sky is cloud and pronounced sort of simiar to "she"
Freya as suggedted works fine, also nora, Anna, nadia, Maria, emilia, mina

Magnus, finn, lukas/lucas, markus/Marcus, Patrick, Fredrik, oscar, Robin, noah, are all easy

A lot of Scandi babies have very un-Scandi names now so very much worth looking at popular names lists.

The only one I'd avoid is Richard, my relatives couldn't say it no matter how hard they tried.

Marit
Ingrid
Frida
Anna
Lea
Nora
Ella
Aloisa
Sara
Emma
Elin
Alma
Ada

Lukas
Oskar
Viktor
Isakson
Kasper
Elias
Jakob
Aksel
Adam
Sander
Leon
Felix
Mathias
Leo
Markus

Isak, not Isakson (thanks, autocorrect)

Look at the official top babies name for Norway.
Name statistics – SSB

Looking at the women's football team will probably give you names that were popular in about 2000 - 2005.