[Opinions] Swedish March BAs
Albert (Arthur)
Alexander x2
Alfred (Agnes, Stina)
Anton (Gustav)
August (Signe)
Dexter (My, Meya)
Edvin (Linus, Ella)
Elis
Elliot
Elwin
Frank (Seth)
Hector
Hugo x2
Isak
Jonathan Ceasar
Kliff (Lilly, Betty)
Liam
Loke x2 (Theo)
Mattis
Melvin (Alva)
Milian
Noah
Noak
Olle (Hugo)
Sixten (Milia)
Teodor
Viggo (Robin, Nellie)
Ville
William (Oliver)
Alexandra
Alice (Isac)
Bella (Ville)
Cassandra (Mathilda, Emanuel)
Elin (Julia, Linus)
Elise (Gabriel)
Ella
Ellen x2 (Alicia)
Elsa (Molly, Maja)
Emilia (Izabella)
Filippa (Tilde, Linnéa, Minna, Lovisa)
Isabella (Saga, Simon)
Klara (Axel)
Leija
Linnéa (Lucas)
Lova (Meja)
Lovisa (Milo)
Miné
Moa (Agnes)
Signe (Alve)
Stella
Love & Lykke (Lucas, Livia)
Alexander x2
Alfred (Agnes, Stina)
Anton (Gustav)
August (Signe)
Dexter (My, Meya)
Edvin (Linus, Ella)
Elis
Elliot
Elwin
Frank (Seth)
Hector
Hugo x2
Isak
Jonathan Ceasar
Kliff (Lilly, Betty)
Liam
Loke x2 (Theo)
Mattis
Melvin (Alva)
Milian
Noah
Noak
Olle (Hugo)
Sixten (Milia)
Teodor
Viggo (Robin, Nellie)
Ville
William (Oliver)
Alexandra
Alice (Isac)
Bella (Ville)
Cassandra (Mathilda, Emanuel)
Elin (Julia, Linus)
Elise (Gabriel)
Ella
Ellen x2 (Alicia)
Elsa (Molly, Maja)
Emilia (Izabella)
Filippa (Tilde, Linnéa, Minna, Lovisa)
Isabella (Saga, Simon)
Klara (Axel)
Leija
Linnéa (Lucas)
Lova (Meja)
Lovisa (Milo)
Miné
Moa (Agnes)
Signe (Alve)
Stella
Love & Lykke (Lucas, Livia)
Replies
Albert (Arthur) - great sibset! They go together well. (Queen Victoria had two sons named Albert and Arthur.)
Alexander x2 - love it, though it is a bit common. I have a lot of Alexanders in my family.
Alfred (Agnes, Stina) - I like Alfred and Agnes. Don't like Stina, though.
Anton (Gustav) - both names are awesome!
August (Signe) - love both names
Dexter (My, Meya) - Dexter will always remind me of Dexter's Laboratory. And My and Meya for sisters? Aren't they a little too close?
Edvin (Linus, Ella) - I like Edwin.
Elis - prefer Elias
Elliot - love it!
Elwin - prefer Edwin
Frank (Seth) - love both of them. They go together pretty well.
Hector - love it!
Hugo x2 - like it, but it still reminds me of Hugo Chavez
Isak - nice
Jonathan Ceasar - This combo doesn't work well. Plus Ceasar is misspelled. I prefer Cesare - one of my Italian great-grandfathers had that name.
Kliff (Lilly, Betty) - Cliff is an old guy name over here. Betty is old-fashioned too.
Alexander x2 - love it, though it is a bit common. I have a lot of Alexanders in my family.
Alfred (Agnes, Stina) - I like Alfred and Agnes. Don't like Stina, though.
Anton (Gustav) - both names are awesome!
August (Signe) - love both names
Dexter (My, Meya) - Dexter will always remind me of Dexter's Laboratory. And My and Meya for sisters? Aren't they a little too close?
Edvin (Linus, Ella) - I like Edwin.
Elis - prefer Elias
Elliot - love it!
Elwin - prefer Edwin
Frank (Seth) - love both of them. They go together pretty well.
Hector - love it!
Hugo x2 - like it, but it still reminds me of Hugo Chavez
Isak - nice
Jonathan Ceasar - This combo doesn't work well. Plus Ceasar is misspelled. I prefer Cesare - one of my Italian great-grandfathers had that name.
Kliff (Lilly, Betty) - Cliff is an old guy name over here. Betty is old-fashioned too.
This message was edited 4/5/2013, 9:31 AM
Ah, so that's why I thought Albert and Arthur sounded so very royal. I agree that it's great. :)
Melvin is a "cool" (but not very classy) name here, along with names like Kevin, Liam and Milton. (As a broad rule, English names are classy if they were borrowed more than a century ago - Alice, Lilly, John, Henry - but more or less trashy if they were borrowed more recently - Hailey, Nicole, Jimmy, Melvin ...)
Sixten - click it! ;) Sixteen in Swedish is sexton.
Even though Moa is a common name here, I always think of that extinct bird too! Plus it rhymes with the common Swedish word for toilet ... I don't like it very much. ;)
Alve should be a boy.
Melvin is a "cool" (but not very classy) name here, along with names like Kevin, Liam and Milton. (As a broad rule, English names are classy if they were borrowed more than a century ago - Alice, Lilly, John, Henry - but more or less trashy if they were borrowed more recently - Hailey, Nicole, Jimmy, Melvin ...)
Sixten - click it! ;) Sixteen in Swedish is sexton.
Even though Moa is a common name here, I always think of that extinct bird too! Plus it rhymes with the common Swedish word for toilet ... I don't like it very much. ;)
Alve should be a boy.
Some comments:
Arthur - how unusual. Can't say I like it, but still nice simply because you don't see it very often in Sweden. But I prefer it pronounced in English. The Swedish pr. is more like "utter" and it sounds bad!
Alexander - yaaaaawwwwwwnnn
Signe - I like it, although it's becoming a bit too popular
Dexter - ick. Can't stand this. Makes me think of murderers and of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward".
Elliot - yaaaawwwwnnn
Seth - nice!
Hector - all I can think of is that it rhymes with rektor (principal; headmaster)
Hugo - love it. A pity it's so popular
Ceasar - first of all, it's misspelled. Second, it's a dogs' name
Kliff - YUCK! Cliff is so ugly and it's even worse spelled with a K!
Liam - trashy
Loke - since Loke was a rather evil god, I don't like this
Mattis - I like it. Even for girls!
Melvin - sounds kind of meeky, like välling (gruel)
Milian - how come this has become so popular lately? It sounds cut off
Noak - now this is rare! Can't say I like it, though
Olle - cute!
Sixten - also cute!
Teodor - cute!
Viggo - I've never liked this
Bella - blah. Probably Twilight fans
Cassandra - trashy
Gabriel - my brother's name, so of course I like it
Lovisa - cute
Leija - trashy
Lova - I like it, but it's a bit too common
Miné - sweet!
Stella - yaaaawwwnnn
Love & Lykke (Lucas, Livia) - I like all the names, except for Lucas, but I think giving all the children names starting with the same letter is silly
Arthur - how unusual. Can't say I like it, but still nice simply because you don't see it very often in Sweden. But I prefer it pronounced in English. The Swedish pr. is more like "utter" and it sounds bad!
Alexander - yaaaaawwwwwwnnn
Signe - I like it, although it's becoming a bit too popular
Dexter - ick. Can't stand this. Makes me think of murderers and of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward".
Elliot - yaaaawwwwnnn
Seth - nice!
Hector - all I can think of is that it rhymes with rektor (principal; headmaster)
Hugo - love it. A pity it's so popular
Ceasar - first of all, it's misspelled. Second, it's a dogs' name
Kliff - YUCK! Cliff is so ugly and it's even worse spelled with a K!
Liam - trashy
Loke - since Loke was a rather evil god, I don't like this
Mattis - I like it. Even for girls!
Melvin - sounds kind of meeky, like välling (gruel)
Milian - how come this has become so popular lately? It sounds cut off
Noak - now this is rare! Can't say I like it, though
Olle - cute!
Sixten - also cute!
Teodor - cute!
Viggo - I've never liked this
Bella - blah. Probably Twilight fans
Cassandra - trashy
Gabriel - my brother's name, so of course I like it
Lovisa - cute
Leija - trashy
Lova - I like it, but it's a bit too common
Miné - sweet!
Stella - yaaaawwwnnn
Love & Lykke (Lucas, Livia) - I like all the names, except for Lucas, but I think giving all the children names starting with the same letter is silly
I don't pronounce Arthur like "utter" at all. There's one woman on forvo.com that pronounces Artur in Swedish like "utter" (sounds like Atu too me) and it sounds... well, ridiculous.
I prefer the alternative Swedish pronunciation, AAR-tur. That's what they say where I first encountered it, in Disney's The Sword in the Stone, so that's how I've always said it.
Milian is probably used by people who think five-syllable Maximilian is way too long.
Hrm, I'm part of such a sibset where all children's names start with the same letter ... ;)
Milian is probably used by people who think five-syllable Maximilian is way too long.
Hrm, I'm part of such a sibset where all children's names start with the same letter ... ;)
Some fun ones here. I like seeing:
Albert (Arthur)
Alexander
Alfred (Agnes)
Anton (Gustav) - I actually love Gustav!
August
Elis
Elliot
Frank
Hector - HECTOR
Isak
(Theo)
Olle
Teodor
Viggo (Robin, Nellie)
William (Oliver)
Alice (Isac)
(Mathilda, Emanuel)
(Julia)
(Gabriel)
Elsa
Emilia
(Tilde, Linnéa, Minna, Lovisa) - all so pretty
(Simon)
Lovisa (Milo)
Stella
Albert (Arthur)
Alexander
Alfred (Agnes)
Anton (Gustav) - I actually love Gustav!
August
Elis
Elliot
Frank
Hector - HECTOR
Isak
(Theo)
Olle
Teodor
Viggo (Robin, Nellie)
William (Oliver)
Alice (Isac)
(Mathilda, Emanuel)
(Julia)
(Gabriel)
Elsa
Emilia
(Tilde, Linnéa, Minna, Lovisa) - all so pretty
(Simon)
Lovisa (Milo)
Stella