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Help[Opinions] Norwegian top list 2015
These are the most popular names in Norway 2015.
Girls:
1. Emma
2. Nora / Norah
3. Sara / Sahra / Sarah
4. Sofie / Sophie
5. Olivia
6. Sofia / Sophia
7. Emilie
8. Ella
9. Leah / Lea
10. Maja / Maia / Maya
Boys:
1. William
2. Mathias
3. Oliver
4. Jakob / Jacob
5. Lucas / Lukas
6. Filip / Fillip / Philip / Phillip
7. Liam
8. Aksel / Axel
9. Emil
10. Oskar / Oscar
What do you think of the names? Any favourites? Any surprises?
Girls:
1. Emma
2. Nora / Norah
3. Sara / Sahra / Sarah
4. Sofie / Sophie
5. Olivia
6. Sofia / Sophia
7. Emilie
8. Ella
9. Leah / Lea
10. Maja / Maia / Maya
Boys:
1. William
2. Mathias
3. Oliver
4. Jakob / Jacob
5. Lucas / Lukas
6. Filip / Fillip / Philip / Phillip
7. Liam
8. Aksel / Axel
9. Emil
10. Oskar / Oscar
What do you think of the names? Any favourites? Any surprises?
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I think William has been used for quite some time in the Nordic countries. I had a great uncle born in 1923 with the middle name William, for example.
Vilhelm or Wilhelm (both pronounced like Vilhelm) would be the Nordic version of William.
Vilhelm or Wilhelm (both pronounced like Vilhelm) would be the Nordic version of William.
This message was edited 2/4/2016, 7:10 AM
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Vilhelm seems to be the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish form.
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I like
Emma
Nora
Sofie / Sophie
Olivia
Sofia / Sophia
Emilie
Lea
William
Mathias
Oliver
Jakob / Jacob
Lucas / Lukas
Filip / Philip
Aksel / Axel
Emil
Oskar / Oscar
There are no big surprises in these lists to me, they're very similar to top 10 lists in other Scandinavian countries (and partly in Finland). I'm only wondering of Sahra and Fillip: are they traditional Norwegian variants of Sara(h) and Filip or are they more modern forms? Sahra seems to me like it's got influenced by Zahra.
Emma
Nora
Sofie / Sophie
Olivia
Sofia / Sophia
Emilie
Lea
William
Mathias
Oliver
Jakob / Jacob
Lucas / Lukas
Filip / Philip
Aksel / Axel
Emil
Oskar / Oscar
There are no big surprises in these lists to me, they're very similar to top 10 lists in other Scandinavian countries (and partly in Finland). I'm only wondering of Sahra and Fillip: are they traditional Norwegian variants of Sara(h) and Filip or are they more modern forms? Sahra seems to me like it's got influenced by Zahra.
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Yes, I was wondering on that myself, so I checked it. It isn't more than 497 women named Sahra in Norway, based on the numbers of 2015. I think they just count it as the same sound, because Sahra is basically the same name as Sara (which is the most common way to write it in Norway) by the sound.
My sources is from http://ssb.no/navn
My sources is from http://ssb.no/navn
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Hi !!!!
Yes...I 'm surprised.
There aren't so many names with Scandinavian origin...
It seems there are the same names all over the world.
It is quite sad.
I DON'T like Nora because I read "A doll's house" but I didn't like this character.
I like a bit the spelling of Maja with a "J".
For males I only like Axel and Oscar...but I love them.
Byeeeeeeeeeee
Yes...I 'm surprised.
There aren't so many names with Scandinavian origin...
It seems there are the same names all over the world.
It is quite sad.
I DON'T like Nora because I read "A doll's house" but I didn't like this character.
I like a bit the spelling of Maja with a "J".
For males I only like Axel and Oscar...but I love them.
Byeeeeeeeeeee
This message was edited 2/3/2016, 11:01 AM
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