Which names are nicest?

[NorseMum]

Hi! We are looking for names that work in both the Nordic region and in the UK. We can't decide, but here are our current top 5 contenders (in no particular order)

For girls we like:
Thora
Astrid
Eira
Vera / (or Vega)
Ingrid

For boys we like:
Sven
Nils
Ivar
Björn
Bernard

What girl and boy names are nicest?

I like Thora and Eira and for a boy, just Ivar.

I’ve always love Astrod for a girl. I actively dislike Ingrid, Vera and Thora and am neutral about Eira.

on the boys side I like Sven and Nils but think the others are a bit ‘old man’.

Have you considered Elsa? I know it had a bit of a popularity flash because of frozen but it’s a nice Nordic name which has always worked in both languages and cultures.

I absolutely love thora

oit of boys probably say bernard

everyone will differ from me in opinion though probably!

Vera and Sven.

For girls, Astrid. I really dislike like Vega.

For boys, they are all very Scandinavian. Which is fine, but there's no UK overlap.

Thora - feels dated. Thora Hird?
Astrid - love
Eira - like , sounds Welsh
Vera / (or Vega)- ok
Ingrid - love

For boys we like:
Sven - love
Nils - not bad
Ivar - ok, sounds Russian
Björn - love, love, love
Bernard - sounds dated

I like Vera and Ingrid best. All the boys names are nice except Bjorn which sounds somehow old fashioned. Is it making a comeback in Sweden (or maybe it was never old-fashioned there, I don't know).

Björn is making a little bit of a comeback in Sweden at the moment...😜

I love Thora
Astrid is nice and quite popular in the Uk
Eira is fine
Vera and Ingrid are a bit lumpy

I think it’s Ivar for boy
The rest don’t really work in the UK
don’t call him Bernard, it’s a joke name

I like Astrid and Ingrid a lot.

Not keen on Thora or Vera (too many old lady connotations for me).

I don't know how to pronounce Eira

I'm not keen on any of the boys names, but if I had to pick one I'd go for Ivar.

Sven has reindeer vibes now.
Nils makes me think Nil by Mouth
Björn Abba
Bernard is very old man...also makes me think of the book Not Now Bernard.

Björn and Eira

Girls
Eira is my favourite- beautiful name.
Thora is my second favourite - do you pronounce it Thora or Tora?
Astrid I like, just worry about it being shortened to Ass in secondary school (all names seem to be shortened to the first syllable round here!)
Ingrid is fine, it just has a harsher sound to me
Vera feels dated.

Boys
Ivar is my favourite- I really like this
Nils is quite nice, although Nil is a negative word I think that association would fade quickly when I met someone with the name
Bjorn - feels dated to me- ABBA association - but I think it would be fine for this generation as they wouldn’t have that association
Sven - reindeer from Frozen - definitely a current association that would put me off
Bernard - comical sounding as it’s dated

Vera & Björn

I adore Vera and Sven

Love love love the names Astrid and Ingrid.

Of your boys names, my favourite is Nils.

Astrid was on our list had we had a girl, along with Freya / Freja.

For a boy I liked Leif (Scandinavian DH quickly vetoed it!) and I also like Lars in general but at the risk of being outing it definitely does not work with our surname.

In the end we went for a name that’s more common in the UK but also used in Scandinavia.

Ps.. We sometimes call DS ‘ThunderBear’ in jest as Torbjörn is about the coolest name I’ve ever come across if we had a pet bear or a huge dog or a cartoon character instead of a real child.

Astrid is a gorgeous name! I also like Ingrid very much.
I'm not keen on your other girls' names.

Bernard would be my first choice, with Nils a close second.
Have you considered Erik? It's a super name.

I like Thora, Astrid and Vera for a girl and Sven for a boy

Astrid is a beautiful name. Nils for a boy.

Thora and Astrid are lovely.

Nils is the only name I like from your boys choices.

Please don’t use Bernard…it’s such an ugly old man name and wouldn’t work in the UK at all!

Astrid and Nils.

Astrid and Nils

Anything but Vera,it's an old lady, not a cute baby.. what about Inga!

Thora - like, but is it Tora or Thora?
Astrid - like
Eira - not keen
Vera / (or Vega) - don't like
Ingrid - like best from your list

Sven - like best from your list
Nils - like
Ivar - my Ikea shelves
Björn - like
Bernard - like but seems a bit like a granddad name