As there seems to be some interest in these names, I have decided to research a few older Danish names to see if there are any that strike a chord with anyone:
Boys
Age, Albin, Ansgar, Arvid, Asbjørn
Bendt, Bertil, Bjarke, Bjarne, Bo, Bjørn
Caj, Cai
Dag, Dagfinn
Ebbe, Edvin, Edvard, Egil, Eilbert, Einar, Eluf, Enok, Erland, Esben
Flemming, Folke, Frej, Fridtjof, Frode
Gregers, Gudbrand, Gunnar
Hagen, Halldor, Halvor, Helge, Henning, Hjalmar
Ib, Ingmar, Ingolf, Ingvar
Jannik, Jarl, Jeppe, Jerrik, Jokum, Jonas, Jørgen, Jørn
Kai, Keld, Klemens
Lasse, Laurits, Lorens, Leif, Lennart
Magnus, Malte, Mogens
Njord
Olaf, Ole, Osvald, Ove
Palle, Per, Peder, Preben
Ragnar, Rasmus, Ruben, Rune
Severin, Sigurd, Stian, Stig
Tarben, Thorbjørn, Thorvald, Tore, Torger, Troels, Trygve, Tyge
Uffe, Ulf
Valdemar, Valentin, Verner, Viggo
Yngvar
Girls
Abelone, Agnete, Aine, Alvida, Annelie, Ase, Aslaug, Astrid
Beata, Berit, Bine, Bodil, Brita, Britt
Caja, Cille
Dagmar, Ditte, Dorthe
Elin, Edith, Else
Freje, Frida
Gerda, Grethe, Gry, Gudrun, Gunhilda
Hedvig, Hede, Heidi, Henriette, Hjørdis, Hulda
Ida, Ingeborg, Ingegerd
Janne, Jonne, Judit, Jytte
Kaja, Kirsten, Klara
Lærke, Line, Lisbet, Lone, Lovise
Magda, Majken, Maren, Merete, Mette
Nanna, Nora
Olga
Pernille, Pia
Ragna, Ragnhild, Rikke, Rita, Runa
Sanna, Signe, Signy, Silje, Sigrun, Stine
Tea, Tekla, Thorborg, Tordis, Trine
Ulla, Ursula
Vanja, Vibeke, Vita
Ylva
That is a rather long list with some rather odd names many of which sound like medical names for intimatre parts of the human anatomy, but that's what we have to work with on the Danish names front. There are of course others, but the more common names tend to be very common (as in overused, not common as in chav-ish) and as you can see the less common names are in every sense unusual.
Ah yes, I begin to see the problem (although I have come across a Ruben in the playgroups here, and Tim goes to the childminder with a little Danish girl called Liva) ...but on the subject of virtues,'Constance' or 'Connie' is one you missed off your list.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't worry about other names already being used in the family either. You should choose what you like, it doesn't matter if it is already in use.
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I forgot to say that Ben obviously hasn't read this list yet, as he will have a field day.
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mum's sister,who died in infancy was called Constance, not Harriet as Gill said. Just choose something that can't be shortened into anything rude. But then I don't need to tell you that. ajen
ReplyDeleteIb for a boy, Tea for a girl- I am amazed that it has been a problem to choose!
ReplyDeleteJen's advice is odd since one of her boys is called Dick!
Ben
Hence the comment.Avoid Dicks and Willies. ajen
ReplyDeleteIs that a general piece of advice aj?
ReplyDeleteHad AJ had a girl, she would have been called "Fanny".
ReplyDeleteThese names all sound a little harsh & sort of danish.
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This is my first blog comment anywhere! There always has to be a first time. While not averse to a Danish name, I think the name needs to work for the rest of the world also. I find many of the names extremely listed foreign and harsh sounding. And I don't know how they are actually pronounced. For some reason all the names I like for boys are monosyallabic and all the names I like for girls and bisyallabic. Go figure. So, for boys it is Bo, Kai (with the K), and Per, and for girls it is Greta (not actually on the list), Kirsten, Maren (currently a TV character played by Anne Heche), , Pia, and my favorite Tea (also a favorite of Ben's - who would have thought!) As for the virtues - I am not a lover of any of them. Good luck with your selection. More help is always available.
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Welcome to the blogging world. You'll have your own blogg before you know it.
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