Is Vigga too out there?

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I still really like Clemency - yes I know everyone hates it?

i love Raphaëlle because it’s one of my favourite characters and I love Raph as a nickname

but was watching a Danish film ans the heroine was Vigga and I really liked it

Calista DH is keen on still
Sigrun he also likes

One of the problems with this site is people can't see beyond their own experience of names. So Vigga might be hugely popular in Scandi countries but people who haven't come across it dismiss it as weird.

That said, I personally prefer Raphaelle, Clemency & Calista from your list.

How about Marcella or Honor, they seem maybe your vibe?

It sounds like what Aldi would call their copy of Viagra to me. I suppose it depends where you live though, I'm in England so it's not a usual name and aldo copying brands is usually 😂

Ah sorry I thought you were doing a mixed list! 😅 How about Vita/Vittoria? I know it's more Italian but Vita has got a similar sound to Vigga without the negativity?

Saga - Like the travel company for the over 50s?

I'm another one that doesn't appreciate the name Vigga, although unlike most, I didn't think of the product name Viagra. However I can't think that it would be a nice name to go through life with.
Calista is a nice name.
Clemency, sounds nice, but....
He'd get Clem, and would likely prefer it.

Love that series! R is iconic

It depends where you live. Vigga might be great if you're in Denmark.

In the UK Vigga just sounds harsh and weird.

Names like Sigrun and Vigga feel a bit try-hard if you're not Scandinavian. And a name like Sigrun is a bit niche even in Scandinavia ‐a bit 'grey mists of time'. Not many little baby Sigrun wriggling around anymore.

Some Scandi names are lovely in English, but that is not one of them.

Clemency is fine if you like virtue names - I don’t see that it’s worse than Mercy and it’s better than Chastity or Prudence!

Callista and Raphaelle are both fine.

I also thought Viagra first.

Vigga is the feminine version of Viggo, which Viggo Mortensen has said is very old-fashioned, and comes across a bit like Oswald.

I like your other choices better.

Vigga, not keen.
But Clemency is beautiful. 'merciful' is a lovely trait. Go for it!

What about Vida, similar to Vigga but nicer

I think Vigga is the villain in the second ghost busters film! Absent pregnancy hormones I imagine you will regret it.

Raphaelle is good (I know 2 both French)
Clemency is fine (Mercy is also a legitimate name so I’m not sure why the meaning causes concern?)
Callister, personally not keen on the sound

Sigrid
Clemence or Clemency - meaning mercy, forgiveness
Gretal

Friso
Figo
Ferdi - Ferdinand

Vigga sounds like somewhere EasyJet would fly to.

Vigga sounds far too close to a racist word for me.

I like Calista, nickname Callie. Or you might like Calliope? Also with the nickname Callie

Another one who read viagra… I’m assuming it’s a girl? Personally I think Clemency is lovely

I just thought the feminine of Viggo. use if if you love it 🤷🏽‍♀️

All your names are too ‘out there’ or you are trying too hard to give your kid a ridiculous name. Calista is the best of a bad lot.
Try and picture yourself as a child or a teenager with those names. Trying to get through school without having the piss taken out of you every single day. Have a heart!

What about Viggo?

Biggs seems way out there to me.

How is it pronounced? Vigger? Vee-ga?

Raphaëlle and Calista are the nicest of those names in my opinion. Not sure how you pronounce the i in Vigga is it short like 'bigger' or long like 'vida' in Spanish?

Just realised it would be a W rather than a V sound. So something like 'Wigger'? I think that would be a tough name for an English kid to carry off. They'll spend a lifetime explaining how to pronounce it.
Are you/your family Scandinavian?

Are either of you Danish / Scandinavian?