Saga

[92andyou]

Scandi-British family expecting a girl. Already have a Magnus.

Does Saga work in the UK? Very common across Scandinavia - I’ve never met one in the UK however.

If not - what other good names to go with our sons name that is easy for Brits and Scandis.

Two weeks to go and we are no clearer on a name…! Foolishly I told some suggestions to family and all raised eyebrows / made stupid comments (on both sides of the North Sea).

I love it! Other little kids don't know about insurance. Makes me think of Saga Noren possibly my favourite TV character.

Vesper
Sonnet
Greta

Oh, I like it!

Especially if little Saga had a fab jumper collection.

I think of Saga holidays but actually I don’t think it goes with Magnus. Two hard ‘G’ sounds.

There is a Saga in my son’s class, they’re 6. As far as I know none of the other children have batted an eyelid, there are far more unusual names in the class TBH! I know you’ve decided against it now but I like it.

I know of a Saga & the first thing thought of was Saga from the bridge.

I don't know where people on these boards live but I grew up in London with people with all sorts of names, I work with people with "foreign" names. It's normal for anywhere multicultural.

Lumi
Freja
Maja
Runa

Saga is really lovely. I don’t think the OAP or insurance thing is a problem at all. A lot of parents or older people will be familiar with the name from “The Bridge”. Actually I think the only potential teasing might be “Saggy” once she’s a bit older (teenagers) but many names are teasable if kids try hard enough.

I like

Eva
Sigird
Astrid
Kirsten (also very Scottish)
Anna
Kari
Maren

No. In the UK it's an old folks holiday company.

@Alexandrine , I don't either, but it might get shortened to Sag or Saggy, and the synonyms for saga include palaver and rigmarole. It only takes one person to say something like 'I'm bored with the whole saga'.

Not to children it isn’t.

I don’t even live somewhere multicultural and we have a Saga in our school! I don’t think some older people realise what a large variety of names we have in schools nowadays.

I have 3 Swedish colleagues: Amanda, Camilla and Helene.

How about: Greta, Marta, Victoria

@SomeOfTheTrouble , define older.

I live somewhere multicultural and have worked with people from, or with heritage from, all over the world. Some names work and some don't.

Children's names here are varied but there are many that are similar.

@SomeOfTheTrouble it's a very weird bubble on these boards.

It only takes one person to say something like 'I'm bored with the whole saga'.

But why would the above make you tease someone for their name? Most dc I know just don't think in depth about other dc's names.

I live somewhere multicultural and have worked with people from, or with heritage from, all over the world. Some names work and some don't.

@Emanwenym but what does this mean? How does a name not work? If you work with a colleague with an unusual name do you just refuse to use it because the name doesn't work?

Are we use I reckon most posters on these boards are mid 50s upwards.

Think I wouldn't use it as mgk and Megan fox named their daughter Saga

Because some names don't translate to other countries very well, eg Odd, Floor, Randy. All perfectly normal names in other countries, but you probably wouldn't give your UK-born child those names. Same with other countries - perfectly normal in the UK doesn't mean every name translates well. If you move somewhere as an adult then of course there's not much you can do.

How many people would actually know that though? I had to google mgk 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think it’s a lovely name which would work perfectly well in UK. Never heard of Saga insurance, and don’t think it would change my mind if I had

@sundayfundayclub , because it's the sort of thing people do say.
Do an advanced search on saga here and you'll find such things as 'What a depressing saga', ' I'd tell them the whole saga', 'I must have missed this whole saga'.
The association isn't a positive one.

Kids tease each other about all sorts of things, and adults can make stupid comments.

but what does this mean? How does a name not work? If you work with a colleague with an unusual name do you just refuse to use it because the name doesn't work?
Examples of names that don't work are names that have sounds that transcribe into English, or names that mean something negative in English.
I make an effort to get the name right, but I often get 'corrected' by English monoglots. Say I'm in a meeting and say 'I'll speak with Olena', someone will say 'you mean Oleyna'.

There is nothing wrong with the name, or the person whose name it is.

An example might be something like Semen. Perfectly OK Ukrainian name but if you can't see that it might be problematic in the UK, then I can't help you.

I think it’s lovely name, what about something like Emmi? I work with a Finnish Emmi.

@SirChenjins I have never met away called odd or floor, the OP is talking about the name Saga...,but if I did meet a Floor, I would just accept it & move it, it's not a huge drama.

An example might be something like Semen.

Again never worked with a Semen but the OP is talking about Saga. And again if someone is Ukrainian & called Semen I'm not going to take the piss out of them.